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Development and validation of the questionnaire “Assessment of pedagogical conservatism” // Pedagogical Review. 2025. Issue 1 (59). P. 93-112

The article presents a description and results of the development, validation and standardization of an original methodology for assessing pedagogical conservatism. The study, aimed at identifying the psychometric characteristics of the new technique, involved 379 people aged 21 to 65 years, of which 204 were women, 175 were men (sample 1); to verify convergent validity, the study participants included 379 respondents (sample 2); To assess test-retest reliability, 105 people took part (sample 3). In the group from 25 to 35 years old, the number of women was 50 people, men – 41 people; in the group from 36 to 44 years old, the number of women was 54 people, men – 43 people; in the group from 45 to 55 years old, the number of women was 51 people, men – 49 people; in the group from 56 to 65 years old, the number of women was 49 people, men – 42 people. The developed methodology includes 7 scales and 43 questions: objective factor, subjective factor, motivational, cognitive, emotional, communicative, behavioral components, which are assessed based on the indicators presented in them on a five-point scale, which allows us to determine the level of pedagogical conservatism. In the process of developing a hypothetical construct of the methodology, a theoretical analysis of scientific approaches to the subject of research was carried out, the content of the phenomenon of pedagogical conservatism was revealed. The article presents the text of the methodology, keys, interpretation of the results, data on the normalization of the sample on the basis of which the study was constructed. The results of the study confirm the high level of reliability, reliability, and validity of the questionnaire, which allows us to present it as a reasonable and suitable psychodiagnostic tool for studying the psychological characteristics and level of manifestation of pedagogical conservatism of teachers of higher educational institutions, secondary vocational institutions, and general education institutions in the process of psychological and pedagogical support pedagogical activities.

Keywords: pedagogical conservatism, teacher, reliability, convergence, validity, standardization