Development of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) Co-ordinators' Role Perceptions Scale (ICTCRPS)

The objective of this study is to develop a valid and reliable scaling tool to identify role perceptions of primary and secondary school ICT Co-ordinators. Total 179 ICT Co-ordinators who work in Trabzon province participated in the study. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the scale is composed of 3 factors. Item load values are 0,645-0,845 for Factor I; 0,736-0,821 for Factor II; and 0,837-0,848 for Factor III. In order to test the reliability of the scale, Cronbach Alfa reliability and two-halves test correlation (Spearman Brown) coefficients were checked and the said values were found as 0,83 and 0,67 respectively. As a conclusion; it was determined as the outcome of the study on the basis of validity and reliability checks that the developed scale is a practical and useful scaling tool. SUMMARY Purpose and significance: It is assumed that the role perceptions of ICT Co-ordinators affect fulfilling their responsibilities in schools. The role perceptions of ICT Co-ordinators in Turkey have never been a subject to a scientific inquiry therefore it was found worth to investigate. The main purpose of this study is to develop a valid, reliable and useful measurement scale to measure ICT Co-ordinators" role perceptions in schools. Methods: The study is descriptive in nature and the survey method was used within the quantitative research approach. Developed scale was published as an electronic questionnaire and 179 ICT co-ordinators who work in primary and secondary schools in Trabzon responded to the scale. The scale consisted of 30 items, however, after a series of statistical analyses the number of items were reduced to 10. Results: In this study, the results of exploratory factor analysis (EFA) illustrated that the scale is composed of three factors. Item load values are in between 0,645-0,845 for Factor 1; 0,736-0,821 for Factor 2; and 0,837-0,848 for Factor 3. It was found that the 1 st factor explains 43,49 %, the 2 nd factor explains 15, 32 %, and the 3 rd factor explains 11,09 % of total variant of the scale. Total variant explained by three factors is 69,90 %. In order to test reliability of the scale, Cronbach Alfa reliability and two-halves test correlation (Spearman Brown) coefficients were checked and the said values for the scale as a whole were found as 0,83 and 0,67 respectively. Cronbach Alfa reliability coefficients were calculated to be 0,86 for the 1 st factor; 0,73 for the 2 nd factor; and 0,72 for the 3 rd factor. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was employed in order to test the validity of 3 factor structure mapped out by exploratory analysis. Calculation of Goodness-of-fit Index (GFI) demonstrated that 3 factor model has sufficient goodness-of-fit values. Discussion and Conclusions: On the basis of statistical analyses (EFA, CFA, Cronbach Alpha, Spearman Brown) made in this study, it can be said that the developed ICT Co-ordinators" Role Perceptions Scale (ICTCRPS) is a useful, valid and reliable measurement tool. Validity and reliability tests show that the scale constitutes of 10 items and 3 sub factors. Five items in the 1 st