Validation of a questionnaire to measure teaching skills in basic education

Abstract

The development of teaching skills has become a basic need to face the current changes in societies and schools. The main objective of this work is to adapt and validate a questionnaire to assess techno-pedagogical and disciplinary skills in basic education teachers. The methodology is instrumental, the sample was made up of 31 primary school teachers and the instrument used was the scale-type questionnaire that follows the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) model. The data analysis considered the tests of reliability, correlations and description of the components of the instrument. The results showed a high internal consistency and correlations with a high degree of significance and it was appreciated that the participating teachers have greater pedagogical and disciplinary knowledge, compared to technological knowledge. Finally, it is concluded that the instrument is valid and reliable.