Pre-service teachers' critical digital literacy skills and attitudes to address social problems
Castellví Mata, Jordi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Didàctica de la Llengua i la Literatura i de les Ciències Socials)
Díez Bedmar, María del Consuelo (Universidad de Jaén)
Santisteban, Antoni (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Didàctica de la Llengua i la Literatura i de les Ciències Socials)

Date:	2020
Abstract:	The emergence and expansion of social networks in the digital age has led to social transformations that have a great impact within the field of education. Teacher-training programs face the challenge of preparing future teachers to critically interpret digital media. They must succeed in this if we are to develop citizens who are well informed and reflective, which then raises the question: Are future teachers critical thinkers? This study took third- and fourth-year students of primary education (n = 322) at five Spanish universities and explored their capacity for constructing critical discourses. It examined how well they can analyze and discuss information from digital media on social problems like poverty, economic crises, social justice, and the media. Its findings reveal that future teachers have difficulty in putting together critical discourses based on information from the Internet on social problems. Those who have doubts, compare, analyze, and reason are the minority.
Grants:	Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad EDU2016-80145-P
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Critical digital literacy ; Social problems ; Pre-service teachers
Published in:	Social sciences, Vol. 9, núm. 8 (2020) , p. 134, ISSN 2076-0760

DOI: 10.3390/socsci9080134

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