Preparing Early Childhood Teachers to Implement Digital Media

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Early Childhood Teachers

scholarly journals Media educational consciousness of early childhood student teachers: A critical case-description and a suggestion for a cross-curricular framework

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pekka Mertala ◽  
Saara Salomaa
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Early Childhood Teachers ◽  
Early Childhood Teacher ◽  
Media Education ◽  
First Year ◽  
Curricular Framework ◽  
Empirical Context

The need for media education in early childhood teacher education has been regularly emphasized. However, the questions of what and how student teachers should be taught about media education have remained unanswered. This paper contributes to resolving these questions by introducing the concept of media educational consciousness which we argue to be crucial for 21st century early childhood teachers and, thus, for teacher education. A compulsory digital media course for first year student teachers provides the empirical context for this paper. By using students’ learning diaries as data we will demonstrate that the more aware teachers are of their underlying conceptions, the more potential there is for personal professional reflection and development.

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