Validation of an instrument of professional development in infant physical education

Abstract

The objective is to build and design a questionnaire that assesses the professional development of Early Childhood Education teachers in their connection with Physical Education. Their psychometric properties have been studied with a sample of 526 teachers through the statistical program SPSS v.23 and AMOS. Reliability analysis, exploratory factor analysis, item correlation with total score and confirmatory factor analysis were carried out. The consistency of the instrument has been high (α = 0.836). In addition, there is an adequate item correlation with total score, and the presence of seven factors in the exploratory factor analysis. The confirmatory factor analysis showed an adequate adjustment to the model data of the questionnaire (χ2 / gl = 1.635, GFI = 0.929, CFI = 0.963, RMSEA = 0.039) This questionnaire is a reliable and valid instrument and its use is suggested in future researches.