%0 Conference Paper %1 halsch2024fostering %A Halsch, Antonia %A Tiede, Jennifer %A Grafe, Silke %B Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2024 %C Las Vegas, Nevada, United States %D 2024 %E Cohen, Jake %E Solano, Gina %I Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) %K Grafe Halsch Tiede %P 17-25 %T Fostering Media Education Competence of Preservice Teachers Focusing on Diversity %U https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/223996/ %X Teachers need to foster their students’ media competencies while acknowledging diversity. Hence, there exists a research desideratum concerning the advancement of respective competencies in initial teacher education. In this study, an action-oriented pedagogical concept of higher education was developed based on existing theory to support preservice teachers’ media education competence focusing on diversity. Empirically, dimensions of diversity considered by preservice teachers while developing media education lesson designs were evaluated. The convenience sample included 28 preservice teachers from a German university. Data were collected in the form of student portfolios and analyzed. The results showed that preservice teachers referred to different dimensions of diversity and prioritized various foci: in particular, interests/recreational habits, age, and mental/physical abilities. They addressed these attributes with regard to digital media. Subsequently, conclusions were drawn regarding the development of an action-oriented pedagogical concept of higher education and a respective outlook concerning research and practice in initial teacher education was presented.

@inproceedings{halsch2024fostering, abstract = {Teachers need to foster their students’ media competencies while acknowledging diversity. Hence, there exists a research desideratum concerning the advancement of respective competencies in initial teacher education. In this study, an action-oriented pedagogical concept of higher education was developed based on existing theory to support preservice teachers’ media education competence focusing on diversity. Empirically, dimensions of diversity considered by preservice teachers while developing media education lesson designs were evaluated. The convenience sample included 28 preservice teachers from a German university. Data were collected in the form of student portfolios and analyzed. The results showed that preservice teachers referred to different dimensions of diversity and prioritized various foci: in particular, interests/recreational habits, age, and mental/physical abilities. They addressed these attributes with regard to digital media. Subsequently, conclusions were drawn regarding the development of an action-oriented pedagogical concept of higher education and a respective outlook concerning research and practice in initial teacher education was presented.}, added-at = {2024-04-17T13:46:28.000+0200}, address = {Las Vegas, Nevada, United States}, author = {Halsch, Antonia and Tiede, Jennifer and Grafe, Silke}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/21ac4127f042607d095e68e284003bfed/sp-jmu}, booktitle = {Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2024}, editor = {Cohen, Jake and Solano, Gina}, interhash = {8d38856cd4c257d50be5fff958aecd1e}, intrahash = {1ac4127f042607d095e68e284003bfed}, keywords = {Grafe Halsch Tiede}, month = {April}, pages = {17-25}, publisher = {Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)}, timestamp = {2024-04-17T14:19:24.000+0200}, title = {Fostering Media Education Competence of Preservice Teachers Focusing on Diversity}, url = {https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/223996/}, year = 2024 }