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Pre-service teachers evaluating online texts about learning styles: there is room for improvement in justifying the credibility

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Teachers' abilities to critically evaluate the credibility of online information are fundamental when they educate critical online readers. This study examined pre-service teachers’ abilities to evaluate and justify the credibility of online texts on learning styles. Pre-service teachers (N = 169) read and evaluated two more and two less credible online texts on learning styles in a web-based environment. Most pre-service teachers were able to differentiate the more credible texts from the less credible ones but struggled with justifying the credibility. Pre-service teachers’ inaccurate prior beliefs about learning styles impeded questioning the less credible texts. Implications for teacher education are discussed.

Source: Frontiers in Education

DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2024.1451002

Authors: Pirjo Kulju, Elina Hämäläinen, Marita Mäkinen, Eija Räikkönen, Carita Kiili

Institutions: Tampere University, University of Tampere, University of Jyväskylä

Language: English

Topic: Educational Strategies and Epistemologies

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $847