Design and Validation of a Questionnaire for the Measurement of Students’ Perceptions of Intercultural Practices within Bilingual Secondary Schools in the European Context

Bilingual education (BE) is widely recognised as a complex phenomenon, which constitutes a priority for key educational institutions and organisations. However, further research is needed to uproot common beliefs such as that bilingual students can easily interact with two or more cultures. The lite...

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Autores principales:	María-Elena Gómez-Parra, Irina Golubeva, Roberto Espejo Mohedano
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Publicado:	National Research University Higher School of Economics 2021
Materias:	bilingual education classroom research intercultural practices delphi method research methodology Education L Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
Acceso en línea:	https://doi.org/10.17323/jle.2021.11516 https://doaj.org/article/6373e8da4d6942b292fecc655786d420
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:6373e8da4d6942b292fecc655786d4202021-11-21T08:22:03ZDesign and Validation of a Questionnaire for the Measurement of Students’ Perceptions of Intercultural Practices within Bilingual Secondary Schools in the European Contexthttps://doi.org/10.17323/jle.2021.115162411-7390https://doaj.org/article/6373e8da4d6942b292fecc655786d4202021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jle.hse.ru/article/view/11516/12922https://doaj.org/toc/2411-7390Bilingual education (BE) is widely recognised as a complex phenomenon, which constitutes a priority for key educational institutions and organisations. However, further research is needed to uproot common beliefs such as that bilingual students can easily interact with two or more cultures. The literature affirms that BE students need specific school training to improve intercultural competence. The main aim of this study is to describe the design and validation of a questionnaire to measure students’ perceptions of intercultural practices at bilingual schools. The validity of content and comprehension was carried out through the Delphi method, for which three methodological phases were established. The reliability of the scale (internal consistency) was measured through the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. Factorial analysis was used to check the validity of the construct. The psychometric parameters of the scale were obtained from a pilot sample of 40 students, and later from a sample of 213 students from bilingual secondary schools in several European countries (i.e., The Netherlands, Hungary, Germany, France, England, among others). As a major conclusion, we can state that this questionnaire can be used as a tool for two research goals: the identification of good intercultural school practices in BE, and the development of relevant guidelines for the incorporation of intercultural education into BE.María-Elena Gómez-ParraIrina GolubevaRoberto Espejo MohedanoNational Research University Higher School of Economicsarticlebilingual educationclassroom researchintercultural practicesdelphi methodresearch methodologyEducationLPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENJournal of Language and Education, Vol 7, Iss 3, Pp 58-75 (2021)
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spellingShingle	bilingual education classroom research intercultural practices delphi method research methodology Education L Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 María-Elena Gómez-Parra Irina Golubeva Roberto Espejo Mohedano Design and Validation of a Questionnaire for the Measurement of Students’ Perceptions of Intercultural Practices within Bilingual Secondary Schools in the European Context
description	Bilingual education (BE) is widely recognised as a complex phenomenon, which constitutes a priority for key educational institutions and organisations. However, further research is needed to uproot common beliefs such as that bilingual students can easily interact with two or more cultures. The literature affirms that BE students need specific school training to improve intercultural competence. The main aim of this study is to describe the design and validation of a questionnaire to measure students’ perceptions of intercultural practices at bilingual schools. The validity of content and comprehension was carried out through the Delphi method, for which three methodological phases were established. The reliability of the scale (internal consistency) was measured through the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. Factorial analysis was used to check the validity of the construct. The psychometric parameters of the scale were obtained from a pilot sample of 40 students, and later from a sample of 213 students from bilingual secondary schools in several European countries (i.e., The Netherlands, Hungary, Germany, France, England, among others). As a major conclusion, we can state that this questionnaire can be used as a tool for two research goals: the identification of good intercultural school practices in BE, and the development of relevant guidelines for the incorporation of intercultural education into BE.
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title	Design and Validation of a Questionnaire for the Measurement of Students’ Perceptions of Intercultural Practices within Bilingual Secondary Schools in the European Context
title_short	Design and Validation of a Questionnaire for the Measurement of Students’ Perceptions of Intercultural Practices within Bilingual Secondary Schools in the European Context
title_full	Design and Validation of a Questionnaire for the Measurement of Students’ Perceptions of Intercultural Practices within Bilingual Secondary Schools in the European Context
title_fullStr	Design and Validation of a Questionnaire for the Measurement of Students’ Perceptions of Intercultural Practices within Bilingual Secondary Schools in the European Context
title_full_unstemmed	Design and Validation of a Questionnaire for the Measurement of Students’ Perceptions of Intercultural Practices within Bilingual Secondary Schools in the European Context
title_sort	design and validation of a questionnaire for the measurement of students’ perceptions of intercultural practices within bilingual secondary schools in the european context
publisher	National Research University Higher School of Economics
publishDate	2021
url	https://doi.org/10.17323/jle.2021.11516 https://doaj.org/article/6373e8da4d6942b292fecc655786d420
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Design and Validation of a Questionnaire for the Measurement of Students’ Perceptions of Intercultural Practices within Bilingual Secondary Schools in the European Context

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