The competence to deal critically with online information among economics education students and teacher trainees in economics: implications for teacher training

• Published in: Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 11 - 20
• Main Authors: Nagel, Marie-Theres, Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Olga
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.12.2025; Springer; Springer Nature B.V; SpringerOpen
• Subjects: Competence; Compulsory Education; Critical online reasoning; Digital performance assessment; Economic Sociology; Economics education; Education; Higher education; Labor Economics; Online media use; Organizational Studies; Performance Based Assessment; Professional and Vocational Education; Student teachers; Students; Teacher Competency Testing; Teacher education; Teacher Promotion; Teachers; Trainee teachers; Trainees; Germany; Critical online reasoning; Online media use; Digital performance assessment; Higher education; Economics education; Trainee teachers

Digital media nowadays have become an integral part of teachers’ professional activities. At the same time, studies indicate lacking competences regarding the critical-reflective use of digital media in teachers since the promotion of these competences is not sufficiently implemented in teacher trai...