The Pandemic and Changes in the Self-Perception of Teacher Digital Competences of Infant Grade Students: A Cross Sectional Study

Rosalía Romero-Tena, Carmen Llorente-Cejudo, María Puig-Gutiérrez and Raquel Barragán-Sánchez
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Rosalía Romero-Tena: Department of Teaching and Educational Organization, University of Seville, 41013 Seville, Spain
Carmen Llorente-Cejudo: Department of Teaching and Educational Organization, University of Seville, 41013 Seville, Spain
María Puig-Gutiérrez: Department of Didactics of Experimental and Social Sciences, University of Seville, 41013 Seville, Spain
Raquel Barragán-Sánchez: Department of Teaching and Educational Organization, University of Seville, 41013 Seville, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 9, 1-13

Abstract: Without having a reaction time, the pandemic has caused an unprecedented transformation in universities around the world, leading to a revolution from structured models anchored in the conception of transmission of training towards a teaching approach-learning saved thanks to the incorporation of technology. This study aims to verify whether the pandemic situation has influenced the digital competence self-perception of students. Comparing two groups during the academic years 2019/2020 and 2020/2021, the instrument used is the questionnaire for digital competence “DigCompEdu Check-In” for future teachers. After the educational intervention, group A (before COVID-19) presented higher self-perceptions of competence than group B (during COVID-19); the pandemic situation caused by COVID-19 has negatively influenced students’ self-perception of their digital skills in the pretest in the different dimensions under study. Before receiving the training, the group that did not experience the pandemic enjoyed a higher self-perception of their competencies than the group that experienced the pandemic. The data obtained indicate that the difference exists, and that it is statistically significant, and may be a consequence of the clear relationship between self-perception and the way in which students face reality through their personal and subjective vision.

Keywords: COVID; digital competences; learning; students; university; self-perception; educational challenges (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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