Abstract:

The main aim of this research is to develop two different scales to determine the attitudes and competence perception of secondary school teachers for the use of museums in education in terms. The participants of the research consisted of 294 secondary school teachers teaching in the city of İstanbul. The analysis of content validity, construct validity, discriminant validity and internal consistency reliability were done to determine the validity and reliability of the scales. As a result of the validity and reliability analyzes, 2 scales were developed, “The teacher’s attitude scale for the use of museums in education”, which has 3 sub scales (student acquisition, voluntariness, and necessity) and “The teacher’s competency scale for the use of museums in education” with a single scale. As a result of the analysis,all these scales and sub scales are found to be valid and reliable. It is hoped that the scales developed in the research will contribute to new research that will be conducted within the framework of teachers ' attitudes and competencies to use museums in education.

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