Implementing Digital Competencies in University Science Education Seminars Following the DiKoLAN Framework

Prospective teachers must acquire subject-specific digital competencies to design contemporary lessons and to promote digital competencies among students themselves. The DiKoLAN framework (Digital Competencies for Teaching in Science Education) describes basic digital competencies for the teaching p...

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Published in:Education sciences 2022-05, Vol.12 (5), p.356
Main Authors: Henne, Anna, Möhrke, Philipp, Thoms, Lars-Jochen, Huwer, Johannes
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Collaboration
Learning
Preservice Teachers
Science Education
Science Teachers
Self report
self-report measure
Student Teachers
Students
Teaching
Teaching Methods
Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Summary:Prospective teachers must acquire subject-specific digital competencies to design contemporary lessons and to promote digital competencies among students themselves. The DiKoLAN framework (Digital Competencies for Teaching in Science Education) describes basic digital competencies for the teaching profession in the natural sciences precisely for this purpose. In this article, we describe the development, implementation, and evaluation of a university course based on DiKoLAN which promotes the digital competencies of science teachers. As an example, the learning module Data Processing in Science Education is presented, and its effectiveness is investigated. For this purpose, we used a questionnaire developed by the Working Group Digital Core Competencies to measure self-efficacy, which can also be used in the future to promote digital competencies among pre-service teachers. The course evaluation showed a positive increase in the students’ self-efficacy expectations. Overall, the paper thus contributes to teacher education by using the course as a best-practice example—a blueprint for designing new courses and for implementing a test instrument for a valid evaluation.
ISSN:2227-7102
2227-7102
DOI:10.3390/educsci12050356