Developing the Code and the Scale of Professional Ethics in University Education: Validation through Rasch Model

مطالعات زبان و ترجمه

Volume 57, Issue 2, August 2024, Pages 162-199   

Document Type: Research Article

DOI: 10.22067/lts.2024.89421.1279

Authors

Zeinab Kafi¹; Mona Tabatabaee Yazdi¹; Sahar Tabatabaee Farani^{* 2}

¹Assistant Professor, English Language Department, Khorasan Institute of Higher Education, Mashhad, Iran

²Assistant Professor, English Language Department, Khayyam University, Mashhad, Iran

Abstract

This study was conducted to prepare the Persian version of the code and validate the professional ethics of university instructors’ scale, considering the approaches of professors of various academic disciplines. First, Farsi translation of the code was prepared; then, the written and oral opinions of professors of several universities were examined through qualitative phase of data analysis. Next, the Persian version of the code under the four components of commitment to the student, profession, organization and society was presented in the form of 54 propositions. In the quantitative phase, a 7-category scale for measuring professional ethics was prepared based on the code and was given to 200 university professors. The assessment of content fitness and one-dimensionality of the inventory was investigated. Consequently, 6 items were removed and the number of categories was reduced to five. Finally, the scale with 48 items in a 5-category Likert form was developed.

Keywords

Professional ethics in higher education; University teachers; Validation; Rasch-Andrich scaling model; Code of professional ethics

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