Data Driven Mobility Transition: Enhancing Data Literacy and Self-Efficacy Through a Transdisciplinary Project Week in Secondary Education

Abstract

Given the growing importance of data literacy in a digitalized society, this article presents a transdisciplinary teaching concept based on the Data Investigation Process Framework. The evaluation of a project week entitled “On the road–Adolescents develop concepts for cycling in their own city using digital geomedia” demonstrated that the concept effectively enhances secondary school students’ data literacy, fostering critical thinking and improving their ability to evaluate data. In particular, project-based and real-world learning experiences- especially those involving the collection of students’ own datasets - proved to be highly beneficial. The teaching concept was evaluated through an educational intervention study conducted at five schools in Germany, involving a total of 121 students. The study focused on learners’ self-efficacy, measured using the standardized test instrument SESSKO, as well as the influence of personal data collection on students’ data analysis skills.