Leadership for Educational Inclusion

Design and Validation of a Measurement Instrument

Bibliographic Data

ID22046787
AuthorsDaniela Zúñiga (0000-0003-0432-622X, University of Concepción, corresponding author), Gamal Cerda-Etchepare (0000-0002-3662-4179, University of Concepción), Claudio Bustos Navarrete (University of Concepción), Claudio E Bustos (0000-0003-3478-9858, University of Concepción)
Year2025
Volume15
Issue2
Pages181
Publication date2025-02-04
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducation Sciences (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2227-7102 • E-ISSN: 2227-7102
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/educsci15020181
OpenAlexW4407141274
LanguageEN
References cited29

This article addresses the validation of an instrument designed to measure organizational leadership practices for inclusion and evaluates the said instrument’s factorial structure and convergent validity. This work responds to the need for quantitative tools to assess how school principals promote inclusion, in recognition of its importance for guaranteeing student access to an equitable quality education at all levels, from early childhood education through high school. The above-referenced instrument was developed based on a comprehensive literature review and consultations with experts, resulting in a 36-item scale structured in six key dimensions: D1: Professional Development; D2: Inclusive Vision; D3: Support for the Teaching–Learning Process; D4: Building Networks; D5: Participation and Dialog, and D6: Resource Management. The validation process included a confirmatory factor analysis that supported the existence of a hierarchical structure of a general factor of leadership for inclusion that determines the aforementioned key dimensions, with adequate fit indices (χ2(588) = 1694.624, p

Confirmatory factor analysis · Convergent validity · Developmental psychology · Discriminant validity · Internal consistency · Management · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Psychometrics · Statistics · Structural equation modeling · Teamwork · Disability Education and Employment · Education and Teacher Training · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies

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