A validity and reliability study of Teachers Attitude Scale

The present study has explored the parameters of teacher’s attitude towards their job satisfaction and accordingly the qualitative scale has been developed. The aim of the study was to develop the attitude scale for teaching profession with an objective to find the attitude of teachers towards teaching. The findings of this scale would facilitate the investigators to make suggestions towards improving the teachers teaching performances. As the researcher has not taken standardized scale therefore it is essential to assess for the reliability of the adopted scale. The split half method has been used; the scale consists of 30 items with fourteen positive and sixteen negative items where the reliability of the scale is (.69). A content validity and criterion related validity has been established where concurrent validity was found to be (.84). For scoring, the pattern suggested by Likert was followed. It was observed that the resulting measure provides a more accurate measurement of attitudes than is otherwise possible.