A Case for Media Literacy in the Context of Socioscientific Issues

Autor/inn/en	Dani, Danielle; Wan, Guofang; Henning, John E.
Titel	A Case for Media Literacy in the Context of Socioscientific Issues
Quelle	In: New Horizons in Education, 58 (2010) 3, S.85-98 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1683-1381
Schlagwörter	Elementary Secondary Education; Science and Society; Children; Preservice Teachers; Science Teachers; Methods Courses; Evaluation Criteria; Multimedia Instruction; Middle School Students; Media Literacy; Scientific Literacy; Information Literacy; Readability; Research Methodology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Child; Kind; Kinder; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Methodisch-didaktische Anleitung; Multimediales Lernen; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Media skills; Medie competence; Medienkompetenz; Informationskompetenz; Lesbarkeit; Research method; Forschungsmethode
Abstract	Background: The call for a scientifically literate citizenry necessitates individuals who are able to understand and make decisions regarding socioscientific issues. Socioscientific issues are social dilemmas with no definite solutions that have captured the attention of media sources nationally and internationally. This implies that scientifically literate individuals also need to be media literate and able to critically analyze socioscientific information presented in the media. Because teachers are considered the most influential factor in promoting student achievement and literacy, it is imperative that teachers be scientifically and media literate as well. Goals: The purpose of this study is to examine the types of media and criteria that preservice science teachers use to select and evaluate information pertaining to socioscientific issues presented in multimedia texts intended for use with k-12 students. Research Methods: Exploratory study using course artifacts generated by 40 middle childhood science preservice teachers. Data sources were analyzed for frequencies and emergent patterns. Results: Preservice teachers selected a variety of multimedia resources to teach socioscientific issues. They reexamined the selected multimedia resources with readability criteria for use with middle childhood students. The preservice teachers suggested the addition of four new criteria to the readability checklist to make it science specific. These four criteria provide a basis for informal reasoning processes. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10