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SUMMARY:Measuring Teaching Motivations\, Self-Efficacies and Aspirations: 
 An overview of the development and validation of three new psychometric in
 struments - Associate Professor Helen Watt &amp\; Dr Paul Richardson\, Fac
 ulty of Education Monash University\, Australia
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DESCRIPTION:In this presentation we overview in detail the theorectical un
 derpinnings for each of our three new multidimensional instruments\, their
  development\, and empirical construct validation across large samples of 
 Australian beginning teachers. During our longitudinal "Factors Influencin
 g Teaching Choice" program of research\, we have developed psychometric in
 struments to validly assess each of (i) participants' teaching motivations
 \, (ii) self-efficacies\, and (iii) their professional engagement and care
 er development aspirations. These instruments are\, respectively\, the FIT
 -Choice Scale (Factors Influencing Teaching Choice\; Watt & Richardson\, 2
 007)\, the SET Scale (Self-Efficacy for Teaching\; Watt & Richardson\, und
 er review)\, and the PECDA Scale (Professional Engagement and Career Devel
 opment Aspirations\, Watt & Richardson\, 2008). These measures provide the
 orectical and analytical frameworks to help guide future investigations in
  this area\, which\, problematically\, has not been characterised by consi
 stent or clear operationalisations of the central constructs. Understandin
 g beginning teachers' motivations\, self-efficacies and aspirations has im
 plications for teacher education planning and curriculum design\, teacher 
 recruitment authorities\, school leaders and employers\, and government an
 d intergovernmental planning and policy decisions - especially when many c
 ountries around the globe are struggling to attract and retain quality tea
 chers in a climate of escalating teacher shortages.
LOCATION: Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ
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