Revisiting Careers Education from In-service School Teachers’ Perspective
Validation and Reliability of CEIC Scale
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Careers education focuses on developing and promoting lifelong learning skills and preparing young adolescents for success in the global economy. In-service teachers were intertwined, in line with the capacity building and professional development, with the concept of career education integration into the curriculum. The current study describes the development and validation of the Careers Education Integration into the Curriculum (CEIC) scale to measure in-service teachers’ perceptions of careers education importance, implementation challenges and teaching and learning strategies at middle grade levels. The exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses revealed four factors, including importance and integration, implementation, current teaching-learning strategies, and prospective teaching-learning strategies, that explained 43.3% of the variance. The findings and practical implications of the study cover the use of CEIC for measuring in-service teachers’ knowledge, attitudes and skills for careers education integration in their classroom settings.
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Adolescents in middle grades, Careers education, Employability skills, In-service school teachers, Tool validity & reliabilityReferences
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