History teaching and identity conceptions of training teachers. Development and validation of the CIAMEH questionnaire

Abstract

Recent social changes have led different cultural groups to living together, arising conflicts that could result in very serious problems of social exclusion or violence. An intercultural education that assures the development of inclusive identities for a peaceful and democratic coexistence is demanded. The school, the teachers and the social sciences lessons become particularly relevant in future citizens' identity formation, especially those destined for History. Therefore, it is very important to study the future teachers' identity and the way they conceive the teaching of history, in order to act during their initial training and to correct prejudices that may be detrimental to their future teaching work. This article aims to validate a questionnaire designed ad hoc to know that information, through the application of a pilot test to 23 students in the 1st year of the Degree in Primary Education, the analysis of its reliability and the tests of content validity and construct validity. From the gathered data it was obtained that the questionnaire offers an index of content validity IVCG = 0.96 and a reliability value α = 0.914, high data that offer guarantees when applying the questionnaire to large samples of students.