Integrating Computational and Digital Literacies in Teacher Education: Understanding Faculty Values and Beliefs

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Abstract

Recent advancements in computing, exemplified by tools like ChatGPT, Dall-E, and Bard, have sparked debates ranging from advocating their integration to advocating for their outright exclusion from educational settings. This requires a critical examination of technologies and their implications for teaching and learning. One way to address this is to prepare future teachers to develop digital and computational literacies. To do this, we examined teacher education faculty's beliefs and values concerning the integration of computing and digital literacy (CDL) in classrooms. Based on interviews with 32 faculty, we identified themes including how CDL can support disciplinary learning and challenges for implementing CDL into teacher education. We discuss the significance of this work for teacher education.

Authors

• Olamide Boluwatife Ogungbemi, Michigan State University

• Aman Yadav, Michigan State University

• Michelle C. Fraboni, Queens College - CUNY

• Spence J. Ray, Cornell Tech/Michigan State University

• Marta Cabral, College of Staten Island - CUNY

• Nadia S. Kennedy, CUNY - New York City College of Technology

• Line Saint-Hilaire, Queens College - CUNY