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Development and Validation of Teacher Perception on Early Childhood Care and Education Curriculum Instrument (ECCECI)

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Che Nidzam Che Ahmad, Asmayati Yahaya, Sadiah Baharom, Siti Shamsiah Sani, Hafsah Taha, Rosfizah Md Taib, Saipolbahrin Ramli, Abdul Halim Misnan, Sopia Md Yassin

Pages 713-724 Received: 20 Dec, 2017 Revised: 17 Jan, 2018 Published Online: 10 Feb, 2018

http://dx.doi.org/10.46886/IJARBSS/v8-i1/3842
The purpose of this study is to develop and validate the Early Childhood Care and Education Curriculum Instrument designed to identify teachers’ perceptions towards the quality of early childhood curriculum in Malaysia. Through extensive review of the literature and interviews with experts and experienced teachers, items contributing to the quality of early childhood education were identified. In order to enhance the validity of this instrument, two experts had reviewed the instrument. In addition, 619 pre-school teachers were involved in this study. Factor analysis revealed four scales regarding the quality of early childhood curriculum. The four scales were (1) curriculum content; (2) curriculum review; (3) Philosophy and Core Principles; (4) Support for Special Needs. Each item in the instrument had a factor loading range between 0.96 and 0.35, while the alpha reliability coefficient for each scale ranges between 0.96 and 0.68. The findings of this study confirm the validity and reliability of the Early Childhood Care and Education Curriculum Instrument.
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In-Text Citation: (Ahmad et al., 2018)
To Cite this Article: Ahmad, C. N. C., Yahaya, A., Baharom, S., Sani, S. S., Taha, H., Taib, R. M., … Yassin, S. M. (2018). Development and Validation of Teacher Perception on Early Childhood Care and Education Curriculum Instrument (ECCECI). International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 8(1), 713–724.