Gender-Based Analysis of Teacher Empowerment Scale: Examining Factor Structure and Rasch Model Fit in Higher Education

Teody Lester Panela

doi:10.48017/dj.v11i1.3370

Autores

Teody Lester Panela Northwest Samar State University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2251-8949

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48017/dj.v11i1.3370

Palavras-chave:

invariância de medição, teoria de resposta ao ítem, desenvolvimento docente

Resumo

Este estudo examinou a invariância de medição e as propriedades psicométricas da Escala de Empoderamento de Professores entre grupos de gênero no ensino superior. Usando a análise Rasch, 86 itens abrangendo três fatores (promoção da melhoria contínua, propriedade e liberdade docente e clima e condições de trabalho) foram analisados com dados de 968 membros do corpo docente. Os resultados demonstraram excelente ajuste do modelo (média infit/outfit MNSQ ≈1,00) e alta confiabilidade (α=0,90-0,93) em todos os fatores. A análise diferencial do funcionamento dos itens revelou variações mínimas baseadas no género, com apenas 5 itens no fator 1, 4 itens no fator 2 e nenhum no fator 3 apresentando diferenças significativas. A escala fornece uma avaliação justa dos construtos de capacitação de professores tanto para educadores masculinos como femininos, apoiando resultados de pesquisas anteriores. As recomendações incluem implementar a escala com confiança ao mesmo tempo em que atende itens com funcionamento diferencial; aperfeiçoar estes itens para aumentar a neutralidade de género; estender a pesquisa de validação a variáveis demográficas adicionais; realização de estudos longitudinais; e utilizar a estrutura de três factores para conceber intervenções específicas. Esta investigação aborda as lacunas existentes relativamente às considerações de género no desenvolvimento da escala, promovendo instrumentos de avaliação equitativos para ambientes de ensino superior.

Biografia do Autor

Teody Lester Panela, Northwest Samar State University

0000-0002-2251-8949; Northwest Samar State University, Filipinas. teodylester.panela@nwssu.edu.ph

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