Develeopment of an Attitude Scale toward Oral History: A validity and reliability study

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to develop a scale to determine prospective attitudes towards oral history. The scale consisting of 26 items was applied to 123 prospective teachers from Department of Social Sciences Teaching and 118 prospective teachers from Department of History Teaching in Gazi University, Gazi Faculty of Education. Experts' views were given importance to ensure the content validity of the scale. Explanatory factor analysis and item discrimination powers were calculated to determine the validity of the scale. After the analysis done, it is seen that the scale has a two-factor structure. Internal consistency level was calculated to detect the reliability of the scale. Results indicated that this scale can easily be used as a valid and reliable tool to determine the attitudes towards oral history studies.