Development of the Chinese Pre-service Teachers’ Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge Scale

Abstract

In this article the development and validation of the Chinese Pre-service Teachers’ Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge Scale (CTPCK) are described. The CTPCK is a 42-item scale for assessing pre-service teachers’ knowledge with or without linking educational technology. The sample was split into two subsamples on random basis (n1 = 229, n2 = 207) for having, (1) Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and (2) Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), respectively. After the EFA, the CTPCK scale excluded 4 items and had 8 factors. Reliability and correlations were discussed. The findings revealed that the CTPCK scale was a valid and reliable instrument for measuring TPACK of Chinese pre-service teachers.