Critical Handling of Online Information by Prospective Teachers: A Complementary Analysis Using Narration and Reconstruction Approaches.

Background: In the Information Age, prospective teachers increasingly rely on online sources for research and lesson preparation. This entails dynamic, situation‐specific interactions within digital environments, which are increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence. Objectives: This study demons...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Publicado en:Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 1 - 13
Autores principales: Schelle, Carla, Banerjee, Mita, Zlatkin‐Troitschanskaia, Olga, Touzos, Amina A., Braunheim, Dominik
Formato: pictorial research Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Feb2026
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
fields @attributes:
  recordID: 1
pdfLink:
plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=191181639&site=ehost-live
header:
  @attributes:
    shortDbName: ccm
    uiTerm: 191181639
    longDbName: CINAHL Complete
    uiTag: AN
  controlInfo:
    bkinfo:
    dissinfo:
    jinfo:
      jid:
        02664909
        6M1
      jtl: Journal of Computer Assisted Learning
      issn: 02664909
      maglogo: Y
    pubinfo:
      dt: Feb2026
      vid: 42
      iid: 1
      pid: 480
      pub: Wiley-Blackwell
      place: Malden, Massachusetts
    artinfo:
      ui:
        191181639
        191181639
        191181639
        10.1002/jcal.70187
        191181639
      ppf: 1
      ppct: 12
      formats:
      tig:
        atl: Critical Handling of Online Information by Prospective Teachers: A Complementary Analysis Using Narration and Reconstruction Approaches.
      aug:
        au:
          Schelle, Carla
          Banerjee, Mita
          Zlatkin‐Troitschanskaia, Olga
          Touzos, Amina A.
          Braunheim, Dominik
        affil: Johannes Gutenberg‐University Mainz, Institute for Education, Mainz, Germany
      sug:
        subj:
          Teachers Psychosocial Factors
          Information Literacy
          Online Services
          Internet
          Critical Thinking
          Faculty Attitudes Evaluation
          Human
          Qualitative Studies
          Phenomenological Research
          Comparative Studies
          Descriptive Statistics
          Purposive Sample
          Internet-Based Intervention
          Teaching Methods
          Content Analysis
          Faculty Development
          Narratives
          Phenomenology
          Professional Competence
          Conceptual Framework
          Funding Source
      ab: Background: In the Information Age, prospective teachers increasingly rely on online sources for research and lesson preparation. This entails dynamic, situation‐specific interactions within digital environments, which are increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence. Objectives: This study demonstrates how prospective teachers' information reception and interpretation in online environments can be made accessible through the complementary qualitative methods of narratology and reconstruction. Methods: Through the exemplary analysis of two contrasting case studies, the study highlights mostly hidden yet salient textual and visual elements of a complex digital environment. It identifies the narrative framings, stylistic devices, meanings, and normative assumptions present in the online sources used by prospective teachers, as reflected in their written essays on the health benefits of e‐bikes. Results and Conclusions: The qualitative analysis indicates whether, and in what ways, the reception of Internet information by prospective educators is influenced by specific features of the sources, such as narrative framings and normative assumptions. The study employs a novel methodological combination of narrative analysis and objective hermeneutics and outlines potential directions for further research on digital learning in higher education. Practitioner Notes: What is already known about this topic ○Students are increasingly using Internet sources for their information acquisition.○Internet content is often not sufficiently moderated and curated, leading to varying reliability of sources.○Internet sources often contain textual and visual frames influencing the perception of users.What this paper adds ○Qualitative methods provide detailed insights into the use of Internet sources and the reception and interpretation of information by users.○The study showcases how narrative framing and normative aspects of Internet sources are reproduced in students' use of Internet sources.Implications for practice and/or policy ○Digital literacy, including narrative literacy, should be more strongly included in university curricula.○Navigating the Internet for researching sources, cross‐checking, and validating content becomes increasingly important for students and teaching staff.
      pubtype: Academic Journal
      doctype:
        pictorial
        research
        Journal Article
      ougenre: Article
    language: English
    refInfo:
    holdings:
      @attributes:
        islocal: N