Lecturers' perspectives on the integration of research data management into teacher training programmes

TL;DR

This paper explores lecturers' views on incorporating research data management skills into teacher training to enhance data literacy among future teachers across various disciplines.

Contribution

It provides qualitative and quantitative insights into how research data management can be integrated into teacher training programs, highlighting its importance.

Findings

Lecturers see research data management as highly relevant for students.

Future teachers in science disciplines need to handle data competently.

Integration strategies for data management skills into curricula are discussed.

Abstract

This article focuses on how data literacy education such as research data management skills can be integrated into teacher training programmes in order to adequately train the teachers of tomorrow. To this end, interviews were conducted with three lecturers from the Faculty of Education and analysed both qualitatively and quantitatively. The lecturers describe the topic of research data management as extremely relevant for students, especially in the Master's program. Even as future teachers, for example in computer science and the natural sciences, students will have a lot to do with data and need to be able to handle it competently. The article also discusses how research data management skills can be integrated into the teacher training program.