IResilience of science pre-service teachers through digital storytelling

Bibliographic Data

ID19513989
AuthorsWan Ng (0000-0003-2183-5245, University of Technology Sydney), Howard Nicholas (0000-0002-5434-1893, La Trobe University)
Year2015
Volume31
Issue6
Publication date2015-12-24
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAustralasian Journal of Educational Technology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1449-3098 • E-ISSN: 1449-5554
PublisherAustralasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (PUBLISHER • NZ)
DOI10.14742/ajet.1699
OpenAlexW2221212852
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited18

We live in a multimodal world where communication enabled by digital media supports the expression of ideas, opinions, instructions and experiences in a variety of formats that empower the individual to convey thoughts and emotions persuasively. In education, digital storytelling as a pedagogical strategy can be embedded in student-generated videos of narratives of personal learning experiences or in teacher-constructed stories that inform or instruct. The aim of this qualitative research was to investigate how a group of science pre-service teachers created digital stories to elicit resiliency (risk and protective factors) during their teaching practicum and how their peers responded to the digital stories, uploaded and shared on VoiceThread . The results showed that the digital stories were able to convey thinking and emotions successfully at a deeper level. A range of issues (risk factors) and strategies (protective factors) to overcome them could be identified in the digital stories. As reducing the risk of attrition in teachers’ early professional careers is important for maintaining teacher numbers and quality in teaching, this research is significant in understanding how pre-service teachers view resiliency in their education. Digital stories are able to provide teacher educators and researchers with richer data for this purpose

Digital Storytelling · Mathematics education · Multimedia · Narrative · Pedagogy · Practicum · Storytelling · Teacher education · Teaching method · Technology integration · Upload · World Wide Web · Child Development and Digital Technology · Computer Science · Digital Storytelling and Education · Literacy, Media, and Education · Psychology

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