Design and validation of the Brief Scale of Attitudes on the Didactics of Plastic Expression (SADPE)

Abstract

INTRODUCTION. Artistic education has a beneficial influence on the integral development of the human being. However, there is a gap in their research, as well as in their knowledge of these advantages. For this reason, it is especially relevant to examine the attitude of future teachers about art, or more specifically, in terms of its didactics. However, so far no scales have been found that assess, from a quantitative methodology, attitudes regarding the Didactics of Plastic Expression. For this reason, this work aimed to design and validate Brief Scale of Attitudes on the Didactics of Plastic Expression (EADEP) and observe the invariance between sexes. METHOD. To do this, a sample of 190 future teachers (M_age= 20.05; SD= 3.67) was used for a first study and 790 (M_age= 19.88; SD= 4.03) for a second. RESULTS. The first of these yielded a factor for EADEP with adequate psychometric properties. The second one indicated a good fit of the data for the unifying structure of EADEP, remaining invariant according to gender. CONCLUSION. Therefore, it offers a valid and reliable measurement instrument for the attitude towards Didactics of Plastic Expression and reflects on the need to increase studies in this field.