scholarly journals Towards an Insertion of Technologies: The Need to Train in Digital Teaching Competence

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabel María Gómez-Trigueros ◽  
Santiago Ponsoda López de Atalaya ◽  
Rocío Díez Ros
Keyword(s):  
Primary Education ◽  
Experimental Methodology ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Teaching Skills ◽  
Positive Perception ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Teaching Competence ◽  
Education Degree ◽  
The University

The purpose of this study is to analyze the perception of the digital teaching competences of the students of the Degree in Pre-School Education, Degree in Primary Education and Master in Teacher Training for Secondary Education. Additionally, this paper includes the students’ perception of their teachers’ digital competence. A mixed non-experimental methodology has been used with 428 the University of Alicante students participating. The results show a positive perception of the students about their digital teaching competence with contrasts with a deficient evaluation in relation to the digital teaching training of their teaching staff. Based on these results, the need to apply an improvement in the manipulative and didactic technological training of university teachers is corroborated as well as an adaptation of the teaching skills to the needs of the ICS in order to be able to carry out the correct preparation of the teaching staff in training.

scholarly journals The Teaching Digital Competence of Health Sciences Teachers. A Study at Andalusian Universities (Spain)

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 2552 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julio Cabero-Almenara ◽  
Julio Barroso-Osuna ◽  
Juan-Jesús Gutiérrez-Castillo ◽  
Antonio Palacios-Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Teaching Skills ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
Digital Resources ◽  
Teaching Competence ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Educational Field

The impact and benefit that information and communication technologies (ICT) have in the educational field require new teaching skills. This fact has been increased by the recent crisis caused by COVID-19. This study tries to investigate the level of digital teaching competence (DTC) of Higher Education teachers of Health Sciences, and its relationship with several variables. For this, it has the participation of 300 teachers from the 9 universities of Andalusia (Spain). The research is structured through a descriptive (RQ1) and inferential (RQ2) design. The answers given to the DigCompEdu Check-In questionnaire adapted to the Spanish context are analyzed. The results, which show high levels of reliability of the questionnaire (Cronbach and McDonald) and validity (CFA), indicate that the level of competence is basic-intermediate. In addition, the area in which teachers excel is digital resources. For this reason, it is proposed to structure personalized training plans and continue expanding the characteristics of this study at an international level.

Problems of development of a cloud-oriented educational environment of the university

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-56
Author(s):  
Bakhytzhan Akhmetov ◽  
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Valery Lakhno ◽  
Asselkhan Adranova ◽  
Baurzhan Kassymbergebayev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
Comprehensive Development ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The University ◽  
Cloud Technologies

This article discusses the problems of ever-increasing demands on the organization and quality of the educational process on the part of society. Today there are new opportunities for the comprehensive development of students of the XXI century, new, more effective information and communication technologies (ICT), in particular cloud- oriented learning environments (COLE), are developing rapidly. The problems of the development of theoretical and methodological foundations for designing a cloud-oriented educational environment of the university and the justification of the structural scheme of its interaction with the methodological center of the ministry based on the use of cloud technologies are analyzed. It is necessary to introduce such models of the learning environment, which will allow to fully satisfy the demands of teaching staff on the organization and conduct of classes of a new type, the activation of educational activities of students, the formation of digital competence and the comprehensive development of personality. Such opportunities are provided by the use of a cloud-based educational environment of the university.

Implementation of Cooperative Learning Strategies to Create 3D-Videos in EFL Teacher Training

2020 ◽  
pp. 17-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina A. Huertas-Abril
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
Teaching Innovation ◽  
Teaching Competence ◽  
Efl Teacher ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University

This chapter deals with the implementation of a teaching innovation in the context of higher education, based on the creation of 3D-videos through the use of cooperative learning and the development of digital teaching competence in English as a foreign language teacher training. Specifically, this methodological proposal is situated within the framework of the course Foreign Language for Primary School Teachers (English) of the Degree in Primary Education at the University of Cordoba, Spain, and it has been implemented in three academic years (2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19). The most important result of this study is that CL strategies develop pre-service EFL teachers' engagement in learning and improving their knowledge on English and enhance their digital competence while reducing the achievement gap with lower-achievement pre-service teachers thanks to heterogeneous groups. Nevertheless, this process of teaching innovation highlights that there is still much to be done to maximize the impact of cooperative learning in foreign language teaching-learning processes.

scholarly journals Developing reflective primary teachers: talking science and speaking English as an additional language

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 328
Author(s):  
Gloria Jové Monclus ◽  
Charly Ryan ◽  
Esther Betrián Villas
Keyword(s):  
Primary Education ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Primary Teachers ◽  
Community Resources ◽  
Science Content ◽  
Teaching Plan ◽  
Education Degree ◽  
The University ◽  
English Students

In this article we present a case study in initial education of teachers studying the Primary Education Degree of the University of Lleida. Students prepare a teaching plan for science content linked to community resources, and present it in English. The aim was the students experience "talking science" in English. We focus on the questions: What have we experienced doing this activity in English? Students refer to impotence and frustration at expressing themselves and their ideas in English. While the data shows that there was little focus on science content, they showed the value of the exercise in their development as teachers. They experience ‘otherness’ and connect this to their future roles as teachers in multi-lingual, multi-cultural classrooms. Preparing this case study shows the value of teacher educators reflecting on their practice.

scholarly journals Investigating Intercultural Teaching Competence among Moroccan Teachers in Tertiary Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mouhssine Echcharfy
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Central Element ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Intercultural Learning ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Teaching Competencies ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Teaching Competence ◽  
The University

<p><em>Intercultural learning is a new pedagogy that encourages learners to establish relationships between their own culture and the other culture, managing dysfunctions and mediating differences. These skills and others will enable learners to develop intercultural competence and help them become intercultural speakers/mediators (Byram, 1997). However, learners’ intercultural competence cannot be developed without an appropriate intervention and guidance on the part of the teacher who represents a central element in the intercultural learning process. Thus, the issue at stake is the degree to which teachers demonstrate knowledge of skills and competencies they need for the development of students’ intercultural competence and awareness. In this respect, the present study is an attempt to </em><em>explore the extent to which </em><em>the teachers’ competencies and skills meet the specifications formulated in the literature regarding intercultural teaching competence</em><em>. It included 25 Moroccan university teachers who have already taught culture at the university. In line with the objective of the study, a five-point Likert scale questionnaire was adopted as a major data collection procedure. The results revealed that the majority of Moroccan university teachers demonstrated negative attitudes towards and lack of awareness regarding the intercultural teaching competencies provided. It also turned out that the majority of teachers’ competencies do not meet the specifications formulated in the literature, regarding intercultural teaching competence. In light of the results obtained, several implications are derived from the study for decision makers and teachers.</em></p>

scholarly journals Who changes the course of history? Historical agency in the narratives of Spanish pre-service primary teachers

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Arias-Ferrer ◽  
Alejandro Egea-Vivancos
Keyword(s):  
Primary Education ◽  
Primary Teachers ◽  
Master Narrative ◽  
Spanish History ◽  
Distorted Image ◽  
Units Of Analysis ◽  
Education Degree ◽  
Historical Agency ◽  
The University

Brief narratives created by pre-service teachers on a primary education degree course at the University of Murcia (Spain) were analysed to identify the ways in which they presented historical agents in European and Spanish history. The main units of analysis were categorized by the type of agent introduced in each narrative (individual, collective and institutional), then by identifying agents as either active or passive, and finally by describing the characteristics of their actions in terms of reasons and causes/consequences. The results reveal an emphasis on individual agents and the persistence of a superficial historical master narrative that perpetuates a distorted image of history.

scholarly journals Political Repressions at Leningrad State University

2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 1085-1106
Author(s):  
Andrey L. Belonogov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Background ◽  
Ethnic Origin ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
State University ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Psychological Pressure ◽  
Court Proceedings ◽  
The University ◽  
Evidential Basis

This article analyses socio-biographical characteristics of the Leningrad State University (LGU) teaching staff, subjected to political repressions from 1935 to 1938. It determines the scale of repressions in LGU during the abovementioned period as well as identifies the groups of University teachers who were exposed to the highest risk of being repressed, taking into consideration their social background, party membership, ethnic origin, position in the University ranks, affiliation with a certain faculty or department, and other socio-biographical characteristics. Thus “socio-demographic portrait” of an average LGU teacher subjected to political repressions is formed within the framework of the current study. Apart from that, the article discusses the course of investigation and court proceedings, defining under which paragraph of Article 58 of RSFSR Criminal Code LGU teachers were sued. It specifies to what extent the severity of the verdict depended upon pleading guilty or not guilty by the accused, and upon which judicial or extrajudicial body the case was heard. Evidential basis used by investigators, including physical evidence, denunciations, incriminations and self-incriminations are also examined within this study. The efforts of NKVD to “reclassify” meetings between groups of fellow professors as “counterrevolutionary collusions of terrorists” are also considered in the article. At the same time, the article attempts to estimate the level of physical and psychological pressure to which suspects were exposed in the course of the trial in order to obtain from them the testimony needed for the prosecution. The study also traces the fate of the convicted LGU professors, namely the likelihood of them becoming the victims of subsequent political repressions after serving the sentence.

scholarly journals Valoración sobre la formación en la mención de Educación Física, por parte del alumnado de Grado en Educación Primaria (Primary Education degree students’ assessment of training in the area of Physical Education)

Retos ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 194-199
Author(s):  
Marta Delicado Valverde ◽  
José Jesús Trujillo Vargas ◽  
Luisa María García Salas
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
Initial Training ◽  
Education Degree ◽  
Specialist Teachers ◽  
Educación Primaria ◽  
The University ◽  
And Training

La formación inicial de los maestros especialistas en Educación Física ha “sufrido” profundos cambios con las reformas educativas. Lo que debiera seguir siendo igual de relevante es la importancia que tiene el hecho de que sean los propios alumnos quienes valoren la calidad de su formación como docentes especialistas futuros en esta área. En este estudio, nos servimos del instrumento validado por Moreno y Conte (2001) para la Valoración y Capacitación sobre la Docencia en Educación Física (V.A.C.D.E.F.), que hemos pasado a 39 alumnos del Grado en Educación Primaria, que cursan la mención en Educación Física, de un Centro de la Universidad de Cádiz. Entre los hallazgos más importantes, hemos de destacar que los alumnos se sienten, a nivel general, capacitados para desempeñar la labor docente futura, están de acuerdo con los contenidos que se imparten en su formación, se encuentran interesados por los aspectos técnicos de los deportes y por la especialidad en sí misma y apuestan por más clases prácticas dentro de su formación. Abstract. The initial training of Physical Education teachers has "undergone" deep changes along with educational reforms. What should remain equally relevant is that students, as future specialist teachers in this area, should be the ones who value the quality of their education. In this research, we use the tool validated by Moreno and Conte (2001), the Assessment and Training on Teaching in Physical Education (V.A.C.D.E.F.), which we applied to 39 Primary Education degree students who attend the program in Physical Education at a Center of the University of Cádiz. Among the most important findings, we emphasize that the majority of students feel well trained for carrying out the future teaching work. They agree with the contents that are imparted in their program, they are interested in the technical elements of sports and the specialty itself, as well as they strive for more practical classes within their training.

scholarly journals International Academic Exchange of Students and Teaching Staff in Human Geography Study Field: The Case of Klaipėda University / Visuomeninės geografijos studijų krypties studentų ir dėstytojų tarptautiniai akademiniai mainai: Klaipėdos universiteto atvejis

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 91-103
Author(s):  
Daiva Verkulevičiūtė - Kriukienė ◽  
Angelija Bučienė
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Cultural Environment ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Academic Exchange ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
The University ◽  
Foreign Universities

The participation in Erasmus and Erasmus+ programmes is the most popular form of mobility among the university teachers and other academic staff as well as students. The geographers of Klaipėda University can study in more than 20 universities of different regions of Europe, and the geography of studies expands from year to year. While studying in foreign countries, they not only deepen their knowledge, but also broaden the geographic scope, acquaint with new people and cultures, strengthen the knowledge of foreign language. From the other side, the students of foreign universities, having been chosen the geographic modules at Klaipėda University, have a possibility to see and learn about the nature of Western Lithuania, social and economic objects, the cultural environment. According to the foreign students, the studies are organized so, that academic staff is able to collaborate with each student immediately, and the atmosphere of studies is very good. Besides the foreign students, Klaipėda University receives also the foreign academic staff, organizes the international practices, develops the projects, and the academic staff of Klaipėda university has a possibility to visit the universities of foreign countries. Those visits give the invaluable benefit to the teachers, because one can receive more experience, and the newly adopted methods may be applied at Klaipėda University.

scholarly journals Validity and reliability of an instrument to evaluate the digital competence of teachers in relation to online tutorials in the stages of Early Childhood Education and Primary Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (67) ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco D. Guillen-Gamez ◽  
Maria J. Mayorga-Fernández ◽  
Jose A. Contreras-Rosado
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Factorial Invariance ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Online Tutorials ◽  
Educación Primaria

El artículo presenta la validez y fiabilidad de un instrumento para evaluar el nivel de competencia digital del profesorado de Educación Infantil y de Educación Primaria para llevar a cabo la acción tutorial a través de recursos TIC como parte del proceso educativo en tiempos de COVID-19.  El instrumento cuenta con 35 ítems clasificados en cinco dimensiones (A- funciones del tutor con el alumnado, B- funciones del tutor con el profesorado, C- funciones del tutor con la familia, D-Formación en TIC y transferencia, E- Uso de recursos TIC). El instrumento fue aplicado a una muestra de 1098 profesores en activo procedentes de 14 comunidades autónomas de España. La fiabilidad fue medida a través de Alfa de Cronbach, Coeficiente de Spearman-Brown, Dos mitades de Guttman, Omega McDonald y fiabilidad Compuesta. Para comprobar la validez del instrumento, fue analizado la validez de comprensión, exploración de la dimensionalidad mediante Análisis-Factorial-Exploratorio (AFE), y se fue ajustando el instrumento a través de diferentes modelos a través del análisis factorial confirmatorio (AFC). Además, fue analizada la invarianza factorial por la variable sexo (masculino-femenino), tipo de centro (público-concertado) y tipo de profesorado (educación infantil-educación primaria), así como la validez externa. Los análisis de fiabilidad fueron altamente satisfactorios y en relación a la validez de constructo, los resultados encontraron un buen ajuste del modelo tanto en la validez interna como en la invarianza factorial, con una versión final del instrumento de 25 ítems. This article demonstrates the validity and reliability of an instrument to evaluate the level of digital competence of Early Childhood Education and Primary Education teachers to carry out online tutorials using ICT resources as part of the educational process during the COVID-19 pandemic. The instrument consists of 35 items classified into five dimensions (A – functions of the tutor with the students; B ­– functions of the tutor with the teaching staff; C – functions of the tutor with the family; D – training in ICT and transfer; E – use of ICT resources). The instrument was applied to a sample of 1,098 active teachers from 14 autonomous communities located in Spain. Reliability was measured using Cronbach’s Alpha, the Spearman-Brown Coefficient, Guttman Two Halves, Omega McDonald, and for composite reliability. To check the validity of the instrument, we analysed the validity of understanding, and exploration of dimensionality using Factorial-Exploratory Analysis (EFA), and the instrument was adjusted for the different models through Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). In addition, factorial invariance was evaluated based on the variables sex (male/female), type of centre (public/charter school), and type of teaching staff (Early Childhood Education/Primary Education), as well as external validity. The results of the reliability analyses were highly satisfactory and, in relation to the construct validity, the results found a good fit of the model, both in the internal validity and in the factorial invariance. The final version of the instrument consists of 25 items.

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