Instruments

The Science Teachers' Pedagogical Discontentment Scale is an instrument that measures the discontentment that arises in teachers as they recognize a mismatch between their own pedagogical beliefs and goals and their actual classroom practices.  This instrument can be used to measure teachers’ pedagogical discontentment, an instrument that will allow science educators to better describe the affective states of teachers as they enter professional development experiences. The items for the initial instrument were derived from a series of interviews with practicing teachers; from these interviews, a group of 42 items were designed around a group of five subscales. The final instrument, revised after two rounds of field testing, includes 21 items (measured on a 5-point Likert scale) clustered around six subscales (subscales derived from interviews with science teachers). 

The provided link includes the Science Teachers’ Pedagogical Discontentment Scale, information about its development, and recommended uses.  

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