The Development of Transformative Learning Scale for Information and Communication Technologies
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The Development of Transformative Learning Scale for Information and Communication Technologies Mesut Yıldırım1 · Tuğba Yanpar Yelken2
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Abstract The purpose of this study is to develop “transformative learning scale for information and communication technologies” to measure the transformative learning levels of teachers on information and communication technologies. Transformative learning theory is an adult learning theory that focuses on how individuals and groups change. This theory involves the process of reaching new meanings by changing the attitudes, beliefs and assumptions of the individual through critical reflection. In the study, draft form consisting of 36 items which prepared in accordance with expert opinions was applied to 385 teachers who work in four primary schools, two secondary schools, and four high schools. A series of validity and reliability analyses, such as exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, item-total correlations, Cronbach’s alpha internal consistency coefficient were conducted. As a result of exploratory factor analysis (EFA) with Varimax rotation, the structure with four factors and 27 items (3 items reverse scored) was obtained. The confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the results of EFA because the fit indexes of the model were high. While Cronbach’s alpha internal consistency coefficient of the scale was obtained as .94; this coefficient of four factors, .94 (F1) .91 (F2), .85 (F3), .79 (F4) were obtained respectively. Finally, it’s considered that can be obtaining the necessary information about individuals’ transformative learning levels for information and communication technologies by this scale. This scale is important in the field of information and communication technologies for being a data collection instrument that aimed measuring the individual’s transformative learning levels. Keywords Transformative learning · Information and communication technologies · Scale development · In- service training · Learning theory
* Mesut Yıldırım [email protected] 1
Harran University, Şanlıurfa, Turkey
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Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey
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M. Yıldırım, T. Y. Yelken
1 Introduction Transformative learning theory based on psychoanalytic and critical social theory defines learning as an activity. According to Mezirow (1996), learning is the process of guiding future behavior by developing new interpretations through the experience of the individual. As can be understood from this definition, learning involves a process nourished by the experience of the individual (Akçay 2012). Transformative learning is to learn to question individual assumptions, beliefs, emotions and perspectives for personal development based on specific goals. In developing the theory of Transformative Learning, Mezirow utilized Freire’s notion of conscientization, Habermas’s idea of the three domains of learning (technical, practical and emancipatory), and Kuhn’s idea of paradigm (Fleming 2018; Kitchenham 2008). In this theory, Mezirow was i
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