Development and Validation of a Scale for Christian Character Assessment for Young Children1

The emphasis on character education that has emerged from the Nuri national curriculum and the Character Education Act is leading the direction of Korean education. However, the lack of a proper scale of character assessment—especially Christian character for young children—has caused uncertainty in...

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Published inReligions (Basel, Switzerland ) Vol. 10; no. 5; p. 318
Main Author Kim, Sungwon
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.05.2019
Subjects
Children & youth
Christian character
Christianity
Cooperation
Curricula
Day care centers
Early childhood education
Emotions
Experts
Kindergarten
Likert scale
Morality
Preschool education
scale development
Studies
Teachers
Theology
validation
Validity
young children
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Summary:The emphasis on character education that has emerged from the Nuri national curriculum and the Character Education Act is leading the direction of Korean education. However, the lack of a proper scale of character assessment—especially Christian character for young children—has caused uncertainty in related studies. This study aims to develop and validate a scale that assesses Christian character for young children. The data was collected from 257 (study 1) and 405 (study 2) Christian children who attend church and kindergarten or day care center. Within 12 factors, 67 questions were developed, which were subsequently refined to 39 questions by seven professors. The Christian character scale for young children was finalized to twenty-four questions through exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis within four factors: piety, self-control/harmony, responsibility/independence, and caring/respect.
ISSN:2077-1444
2077-1444
DOI:10.3390/rel10050318