Pre-Service Teachers' Critical Digital Literacy Skills and Attitudes to Address Social Problems

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ID5934541
AutoresJordi Castellví Mata (0000-0002-6487-5477, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona, autor correspondente), María-Consuelo Díez-Bedmar (0000-0002-5599-7624, Universidad de Jaén), Antoni Santisteban (0000-0001-7978-5186, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona)
Ano2020
Volume9
Fascículo8
Páginas134
Data de publicação2020-07-29
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial Sciences (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2076-0760 • E-ISSN: 2076-0760
EditoraMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/socsci9080134
OpenAlexW3045750560
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas19
Referências citadas12

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

Critical thinking · Digital divide · Digital Literacy · Face (sociological concept · Field (mathematics · Information literacy · Mathematics education · Media literacy · Pedagogy · Political science · Poverty · Public relations · Social justice · Social media · Social science · Social studies · Sociology · The Internet · Child Development and Digital Technology · Computer Science · Digital literacy in education · Psychology · Social Media and Politics