Adaptación y Validación al Español de la Escala de Compromiso Profesional y Aspiraciones de Desarrollo Profesional

Abstract

Professional development is the formal and informal support and activities that are designed to help teachers develop as professionals. The aim of this research was to validate the professional engagement and career development aspirations in a sample size of teachers from Primary and Secondary schools from Spain. The sample was formed by 376 teachers belonged to Childhood (n=136), Primary (n=159) and Secondary (n=71), both male (n=110) and female (n=266), from public (n=269), state (n=106) and private (n=1) schools from the Region of Extremadura. Results showed that the instrument had an adequate factorial validity and internal consistency. Finally, this work gives empiric evidences that the professional engagement and career development aspirations is valid and reliable to examine these behaviors in teachers. (English) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]