Secondary School Teachers Self-Perception of Digital Teaching Competence in Spain Following COVID-19 Confinement

The education system has become even more complex following the global pandemic, which saw face-to-face teaching transition to virtual teaching. To cope with this abrupt transition, it is essential that teachers have a sufficient level of digital teaching competence. This article aims to increase aw...

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Main Authors: Jorge-Manuel Prieto-Ballester, Francisco-Ignacio Revuelta-Domínguez, María-Inmaculada Pedrera-Rodríguez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-08-01
Series:Education Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/11/8/407
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Summary:The education system has become even more complex following the global pandemic, which saw face-to-face teaching transition to virtual teaching. To cope with this abrupt transition, it is essential that teachers have a sufficient level of digital teaching competence. This article aims to increase awareness of teachers’ self-perception of their digital teaching competences in the educational field. Specifically, this study explores Spanish secondary school teachers’ knowledge and use of different ICT tools by evaluating their competence based on different areas proposed by The National Institute of Technology and Professional Development (Instituto Nacional de Tecnologías Educativas y de Formación del Profesorado, INTEF), Madrid, Spain. From the results of the questionnaires, we have determined that teachers consider themselves to have an upper intermediate level of digital teaching competence, although there are still shortcomings that need to be addressed in order to improve this level of competence, and its true integration in the teaching–learning process.
ISSN:2227-7102