Construction and validation of an instrument to identify the Science teachers’ perceptions of the competency-based education model

Abstract

In Spain, since 2006 the different governments have considered, as one of their main objectives, to set up and develop the competency-based education model. Nevertheless, there were no instruments to identify the perception of teachers related to the competency-based education model in Science Education, even when teachers are known to be a key factor in every educational reform. The objective of this work has been to design and validate an instrument to investigate this perception in teachers of Primary and Secondary Education. The results of the validation tests, carried out with a sample of 250 teachers in Spain, allow to present an instrument composed by 16 items, reliable, valid, and easy to apply, and allows to identify the perception of teachers of compulsory education about scientific competence.