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Dissertation
Impact of an Educational Podcast on Preservice Teacher Motivation in Teacher Education
University of West Florida Libraries
Doctor of Education (EDD), University of West Florida
2026
Abstract
In 2004, podcasting became an emergent media that was swiftly adopted for instruction in higher education. Early adopters of educational podcasting integrated the audio-based medium into asynchronous courses as supplemental instructional material. As educational podcasting’s instructional applications grew in higher education, few studies have examined learner motivation to use podcasts to study over other instructional materials. A quantitative, quasiexperimental study design helped to determine the impact of an educational podcast on preservice teacher motivation in a teacher education program. Data came from 10 participants in a teacher education program that offers certification at a public university in the southeastern United States. Participants experienced an educational podcast related to teacher certification or other instructional materials. The study attempted to measure motivational differences between groups by comparing pre- and post-test mean scores using the Course Interest Survey and Instructional Materials Measurement Instrument (Keller, 2010) grounded in the attention, relevance, confidence, and satisfaction (ARCS) model motivational framework. Analysis of the data indicated there was no statistically significant differences in motivation between groups with p values greater than .05 for each subscale: attention, relevance, confidence, and satisfaction. This research suggests that preservice teachers are not motivated to study with podcasts. Further research is needed to determine how educational podcasts could be improved for teacher education.
Details
- Title
- Impact of an Educational Podcast on Preservice Teacher Motivation in Teacher Education
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Contributors
- Byron Havard (Committee Member)Mark Malisa (Committee Member)Giang Nguyen-Nguyen (Committee Chair)
- Publisher
- University of West Florida Libraries
- Format
- pdf
- Number of pages
- 203
- Copyright
- Unpublished work © Mercedes Athena Musto
- Identifiers
- 99381761451406600
- Academic Unit
- School of Education
- Language
- English
- Awarding Institution
- University of West Florida; Doctor of Education (EDD)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Education (EDD), University of West Florida