Introduction and cross-cultural adaptation of Teachers' Media Didactica Questionnaire

Subject Areas : Educational Science

Seyedeh Fatemeh Shamshirgaran ¹ , نعمت الله موسی پور ² , مهدی عربزاده ³ , fereshteh afkari ⁴

1 - . PhD student in Curriculum Planning , Department of Humanic Sciences, Islamic Azad University Science and Research Branch,Tehran,Iran
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3 - گروه روانشناسی، دانشکده روانشناسی و علوم تربیتی دانشگاه خوارزمی
4 - Faculty member of the Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2024-07-07 Accepted : 2025-08-26 Published : 2025-09-21

Keywords: Validity and reliability, Simons Media didactica questionnaire, media use, media understanding , contributing medially.,

Abstract :

The current study aims to measure the validity and reliability of the three-factor questionnaire of media didactica of Persian language teachers. Two groups participated : specialists in the fields related to media Didactica and high school teachers in Tehran. The group of experts was sampled by available and voluntary method, and a Cluster method was used to select teachers. The sample used was 15 experts and 185 teachers. In the process of operation, first, media didactica questionnaire of Simmons (2017) was translated into Farsi, and in the next step, it was given to a group of experts to assess its validity, and after confirming its validity, it was given to teachers to assess its reliability. The confirmatory factor analysis of the statistical fit of the model with the research data showed that the model including the three-factor model with the loading of 12 questions on the three factors of the theoretical model of media use, media understanding and social development was compatible. Using Cronbach's alpha coefficient, its value is favorable and the coefficients of its subscales are between (0.71-0.79). The results showed that the Persian media questionnaire is a valid tool with good reliability and validit

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