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High School Teacher And Librarian Perspectives Regarding Teaching Digital Media Skills, Tammy Turner
High School Teacher And Librarian Perspectives Regarding Teaching Digital Media Skills, Tammy Turner
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The problem addressed in this qualitative project study was the inconsistency in media literacy instruction provided by high school teachers and librarians when teaching students how to curate and create digital media. With the increase in technology and social media platforms in the 21st century, educators are expected to instruct students in the use of these new literacies. However, many are ill-prepared to teach media literacy. The study was grounded in the conceptual framework of critical media literacy pedagogy and research questions were designed to reflect teachers’ perspectives about and use of elements of critical media literacy pedagogy. A purposeful …
The Relationship Between Digital Literacy Skills Instruction And Increased Skills Proficiency, Kelli Erwin
The Relationship Between Digital Literacy Skills Instruction And Increased Skills Proficiency, Kelli Erwin
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Though today's students are considered digital natives, they lack the digital literacy skills needed to be competent and productive members of a digital society. The problem is a lack of evidence about the effectiveness of using content knowledge instruction and application experiences to develop students' digital literacy skills. The purpose of this study was to understand the relationship between content knowledge, application experiences, and knowledge and skill development for digital literacy skills. Using Marzano's art and science of teaching framework, the research questions were framed to explore the relationship between the content knowledge and application experience scores and mean growth …