An empirical study on English preservice teachers' digital competence regarding ICT self-efficacy, collegial collaboration and infrastructural support.

ABSTRACT: This study aims to investigate English preservice teachers' digital competence regarding their self-efficacy in information and communication technologies (ICT), their collaboration with colleagues, and the support they received from the infrastructure. A questionnaire based on the "Digital competence of educators (DigCompEdu)" was used in this research. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was applied to verify the hypothesized model using data obtained from 425 graduate students majoring in English pedagogy. This study produced significant findings: (1) English preservice teachers' ICT self-efficacy has strong or moderate positive associations with their perceptions of collegial collaboration, infrastructural support and digital competence; (2) the association between participants' perspec

SUBMITTER: Dai W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10558726 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature