EVIDENCES OF VALIDITY OF A SCALE FOR MAPPING PROFESSIONAL AS DEFINING COMPETENCES AND PERFORMANCE BY BRAZILIAN TUTORS

Authors : Francisco Antonio COELHO JUNIOR, Rodrigo Rezende FERREIRA, Tatiane PASCHOAL, Cristiane FAIAD, Pedro Paulo Murce MENESES

Pages : 3-12

Doi:10.17718/tojde.55245

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Publication Date : 2015-04-03

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The purpose of this study was twofold: to assess evidences of construct validity of the Brazilian Scale of Tutors Competences in the field of Open and Distance Learning and to examine if variables such as professional experience, perception of the student´s learning performance and prior experience influence the development of technical and attitudinal competences. Participants were 200 tutors insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(69 males and 131 females);, residents in the Northeast of Brazil insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(46%);, aged between 18 and 56 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Μage=22, SD=8.69);. The vast majority of tutors insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(84.5%); exercise other professional activities or beyond the academic tutoring. The scale consists of two factors: a); attitudinal competences and b); technical competences. Results from exploratory factor analysis provided evidence of construct validity. Additionally, results indicated that tutors who had previous experienced and who believed in the students’ distance learning scored higher than those belonging to other groups insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(less experienced tutors and tutors who had no belief in students’ learning distance learning);. Also, results indicated that those who had former experience presented a statistically higher score towards the factor “technical competences”. Overall, the study underlines the necessity of adaptation and usage of such an questionnaire of competences in other global contexts, not just the Brazilian one. The relationship between individual performance and student learning should be investigated in a cross-cultural research.
Keywords : Technical Competences, former experience, perception of student learning, individual differences, attitudinal competences

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