Empowering Teachers: An Empirical Study on the Digital competency of Early Childhood Teachers in China

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Abstract

Abstract: Based on the digital competency framework of the OECD's Strong Start VII: Empowering Children in the Digital Age report, the empirical study explore the development status of digital competency of early childhood teachers in China. The results revealed that the teacher’s higher-order professional competency needs to be improved; teachers' proficiency in the use of AI technology is a key factor in their level of digital competency development; there is an imbalance in the development of digital competency between public kindergartens and private kindergartens; and the digital construction of kindergartens is a potential factor influencing the development of teachers' digital competency.

Authors

• Shiduo Wang, East China Normal University

• Yutong Li, University College London - IOE