The value of pedagogical knowledge for teaching Secondary School: design and validation of a questionnaire

Abstract

Teachers and their training are determining factors in learning and improving the quality of education. Recruiting the best teachers requires good initial training policies that take up the challenge of meeting the demands and needs of teachers in their practice. The study describes the construction and validation process of a questionnaire designed to discover the value that high school teachers give to pedagogical knowledge in their professional performance and the need for pedagogical training. In this paper the procedure developed to estimate the
questionnaire content validity and its internal consistency are presented. The construction and validation process resulted in a questionnaire consisting of three sections aimed at collecting the valuation of Pedagogical Knowledge and Teaching Competences for the exercise of the profession, and the Desirable Elements on preservice pedagogical training.