Preservice teachers' intention to teach media and information literacy in their future classroom : an application of the theory of planned behavior

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"This dissertation is a multi-phase study looking at preservice teachers' intention to teach Media & Information Literacy in their future classroom. Each of the three studies presented in this dissertation answered a specific question: 1) What do preservice teachers think about teaching MIL? 2) What predicts preservice teachers' intention to teach MIL? and 3) How can we support preservice teachers' intention to teach MIL? The first paper in this dissertation reported on an elicitation study... Show more"This dissertation is a multi-phase study looking at preservice teachers' intention to teach Media & Information Literacy in their future classroom. Each of the three studies presented in this dissertation answered a specific question: 1) What do preservice teachers think about teaching MIL? 2) What predicts preservice teachers' intention to teach MIL? and 3) How can we support preservice teachers' intention to teach MIL? The first paper in this dissertation reported on an elicitation study conducted with focus groups of preservice teachers to understand, from their perspectives, the factors that would either impede or facilitate the teaching of MIL in their future classroom. The second paper described the design, validation, and results of a survey based on these factors. The third paper reported on an online module with reflective exercises designed around the results gathered in the aforementioned survey. Each paper describes the findings that emerged from its study, followed by implications for research and practice, along with questions for the field of Media & Information Literacy education"--Page ii. Show less