Developing a Teaching Ability Scale : Identifying Factors Related to Teaching Ability of Health and Physical Education Teachers (HPET)

摘要

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop" a Teaching Ability Scale for Health and Physical Education Teachers (TASHPET)" and to clarify actual situation of TASHPET differences by sex, training participation rate, years of experience, and region. Method: Questionnaires including the NarutoUniversity of Education Standard (2005), The assessment of Authentic (Takahashi, 2003), and National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) were sent to HPET in Okinawa prefecture. Out of 296 questionnaires sent, 205 were be collected, and the data were statistically analyzed for reliability, validity, and identify-related factors. Results: 1) A scale consisting of eight factors and 34 items was developed. Item analysis and exploratory factor analysis (Promaxrotations) of the scale showed that 24 of the TASHPET items had eight factor structuresThese factors were interpreted as "demonstration,""teaching,""evaluating,""a total sense of human relation,""classwork rules,""teaching materials,""setting the scene," and "macro perspective." 2) The Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the TASHPET was from 0.66 to 0.78 (1)The subscale score by sex difference was higher on male than female in "teaching material".(2) In "training participation rate", all subscales scores were significantly higher on high participants rate teachers. (3)In "years of experience", significantly higher scores of TASHPET were "macro perspective" in mid-career teachers and "demonstration" in young teachers. (4)In working region of teachers, significantly higher score of TASHPET were "demonstration" in Naha region, "teaching" in Shimajiri region and Ritou region, "evaluating", "classwork rules", "teaching materials", "setting the scene" and "macro perspective" in Shimajiri region, "total sense of human relation" in Kunigami region. Conclusion: The TASHPET developed in this research demonstrated considerably high reliability and validity. Because we were investigated it once only in study, furthermore, it was suggested the necessity to examine by another analysis for validity.