Abstract

This study sought to devise a reliable and validated measurement scale to evaluate teachers’ perceptions of school climate. The study sample consisted of 379 teachers working in Awi district public primary schools, Ethiopia. Measurement scale had five latent factors (school climate dimensions) and 26 indicators (items). The coefficient alpha values for internal consistency of items and the factor rho coefficients showed high reliability of the measurement scale. The Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was carried out to validate the measurement scale by determining the convergent and discriminant validity among five school climate dimensions. Average variance extracted (AVE) values showed adequate convergent validity of school climate dimensions. The discriminant validity across school climate dimensions was established using shared variance and heterotrait–monotrait ratio of correlations (HTMT) methods, which indicated that the five school climate dimensions are distinctively different from one another. Results revealed that the school climate is found to be a multidimensional concept with five-factor solution comprising 26 reliable and valid items that can be used to assess teachers’ perceptions of school climate in different contexts. It is suggested that the future researcher can apply multi-group and multilevel confirmatory factor analysis to enhance the applicability of the measurement scale across countries.

摘要

本研究旨在设计一种可靠且经过验证的测量量表，以评估教师对学校气候的看法。该研究样本包括在埃塞俄比亚阿维地区公立小学工作的379名教师。测量量表具有五个潜在因素（学校气候维度）和26个指标（项目）。项目内部一致性的系数alpha值和因子rho系数显示了测量规模的高度可靠性。通过确定五个学校气候维度之间的收敛性和判别有效性，进行了验证性因素分析（CFA）以验证测量规模。平均方差提取（AVE）值表明学校气候维度具有足够的收敛效度。使用共享方差和异性-单性相关系数（HTMT）方法确定了学校气候维度之间的判别效度，这表明五个学校气候维度之间存在显着差异。结果表明，学校气候是一个多维概念，具有五项解决方案，其中包括26个可靠有效的项目，可用于评估教师在不同情况下对学校气候的看法。建议未来的研究者可以应用多组和多层次的验证性因素分析，以提高测量规模在各国之间的适用性。结果表明，学校气氛是一个多维概念，具有五项解决方案，其中包括26个可靠有效的项目，可用于评估教师在不同情况下对学校气氛的看法。建议未来的研究者可以应用多组和多层次的验证性因素分析，以提高测量规模在各国之间的适用性。结果表明，学校气氛是一个多维概念，具有五项解决方案，其中包括26个可靠有效的项目，可用于评估教师在不同情况下对学校气氛的看法。建议未来的研究者可以应用多组和多层次的验证性因素分析，以提高测量规模在各国之间的适用性。