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Digital narratives for biology learning
(Springer, 2022) Napal Fraile, María; Zudaire Ripa, María Isabel; Uriz Doray, Irantzu; Calvelhe Panizo, Lander; Ciencias; Zientziak; Ciencias Humanas y de la Educación; Giza eta Hezkuntza Zientziak
Digital storytelling (DS) implies creating reflective or instructive stories, which engage the learner and may promote higher order thinking skills and deeper learning. Moreover, digital technology allows for creating meaningful and attractive stories at low cost and with little technical requirements, enhancing motivation and engagement with the task. However, successfully implementing DS requires good digital competence and sound content knowledge. Here we present the results of a five-session training programme that sought to provide specific instruction and to accompany teachers in the implementation of digital storytelling. It comprised tools for structuring scientific knowledge, ideas about good questions, representations of modes alternative to written language, and the integration of art and editing tools. The teachers had major difficulties in organizing information in meaningful ways and working with crosscutting concepts. From the analysis, it became evident that the complexity of the digital artifact attracted most of the time and effort, detracting from treatment of the scientific concepts; although the teacher attendees assimilated effectively the technical tips offered, there was considerable resistance to changing the way of teaching, which may preclude the implementation of innovative methodologies of this kind.
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Development of the digital competence in secondary education teachers' training
(MDPI, 2018) Napal Fraile, María; Peñalva Vélez, Alicia; Mendioroz Lacambra, Ana; Ciencias Humanas y de la Educación; Giza eta Hezkuntza Zientziak; Ciencias; Zientziak
Digital competence is one of the 8 key competences for life-long learning developed by the European Commission, and is requisite for personal fulfilment and development, active citizenship, social inclusion and employment in the knowledge society. To accompany young learners in the development of the competence, it is necessary that parents and teachers are, in turn, literate. The level of Teacher Digital Competence of 43 Secondary School teachers in initial training was evaluated using the Common Framework, a series of rubrics for 21 sub-competences in 5 areas. The overall level of competence was low (Basic). Students scored highest in Information, which refers mostly to the operations they performed while students. Secondly, in Safety and Communication, excluding Protection of Digital Data and preservation of the Digital Identity. Lowest values were achieved in Content Creation and Problem Solving, the dimensions most closely related with the inclusion of ICTs to transform teaching-learning processes. The knowledge or skills they exhibit are largely self-taught and, so, we perceive an urgent need to purposefully incorporate relational and didactic aspects of ICT integration.
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La competencia investigativa del profesorado en formación: percepciones y desempeño
(Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, 2022) Mendioroz Lacambra, Ana; Napal Fraile, María; Peñalva Vélez, Alicia; Ciencias; Zientziak; Ciencias Humanas y de la Educación; Giza eta Hezkuntza Zientziak; Institute for Advanced Social Research - ICOMMUNITAS
La competencia investigativa es fundamental para construir una cultura científica básica. Trabajarla desde la primera infancia contribuye a desarrollar la capacidad de elaborar explicaciones a partir de la indagación y la construcción teórica. La mayoría de las investigaciones sobre la competencia investigativa del profesorado se enfocan desde un plano teórico. El objetivode este trabajoes analizar las percepciones de 208 alumnos del Grado de Maestro sobre su propia competencia investigativa y contrastarlas con su desempeño real. Las percepciones se valoran mediante un cuestionario que tomaen cuenta las habilidades y destrezas vinculadasa la competencia investigativa, ajustadas enuna escala Likert. El desempeñose midióa partir de cuatro tareas que responden a los tipos de pensamiento exigidos para el desarrollo de esta competencia: comprensivo, crítico, creativo y metacognitivo. Los resultados muestran que el alumnado no es consciente de sus carencias ni de sus necesidades formativas, lo que es imprescindible para aprender a aprender.
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eTwinning in science learning: the perspectives of pre-service primary school teachers
(Eurasian Society of Educational Research, 2024) Napal Fraile, María; Zudaire Ripa, María Isabel; Pétursdóttir, Svava; Pavlin, Jerneja; Ciencias; Zientziak; Institute for Advanced Social Research - ICOMMUNITAS
eTwinning is a community of European schools that promotes networking and transnational collaboration projects. Therefore, as part of the Initial Teacher Education (ITE) initiative, we decided to explore how the research projects on scientific topics familiarize pre-service primary school teachers with eTwinning. 251 pre-service primary school teachers from Spain, Iceland, and Slovenia designed and carried out joint research projects on scientific topics. The aim was to gain insight into their self-assessment of their knowledge of the platform, the limitations of working with it, and their responses. An electronic questionnaire was used as the main instrument for data collection. It turned out that the pre-service teachers enjoyed this international collaboration, but also found it challenging. By the end of the projects, they were familiar with the eTwinning platform, although the least engaged prospective teachers recognized that they needed strong support and considered the platform a non-intuitive environment. Overall, they were willing to use the platform with pupils in the future, which is in line with the aim of the ITE initiative.

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