Managerial Competencies of a Teacher in the Context of Learners’ Critical Thinking Development: Exploratory Factor Analysis of a Research Tool and the Results of the Research
Managerial Competencies of a Teacher in the Context of Learners’ Critical Thinking Development: Exploratory Factor Analysis of a Research Tool and the Results of the Research
Author(s): Jana Duchovičová, Robert TomšikSubject(s): ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: UIKTEN - Association for Information Communication Technology Education and Science
Keywords: critical thinking; creative thinking; factor analysis; management of strategies selection; teacher’s managerial competence;
Summary/Abstract: The following study presents the results of a factor analysis of a questionary Strategies of Critical and Creative Thinking within the Teaching questionnaire (SCCTT). The instrument contains 40 items that cover 6 strategies for critical thinking development in the teaching process. The factors were extracted using the exploratory factor analysis on a sample of N = 556 university students. The study also presents the results in relation to the management of the selection and implementation of strategies that develop critical thinking in students during the teaching practice and compares the management of selection and application of strategies for the development of critical and creative thinking by the group of field didactics.
Journal: TEM Journal
- Issue Year: 7/2018
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 335-347
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English