Linda Mannila|Lars-Åke Nordén|Arnold Pears
Digital Competence, Teacher Self-Efficacy and Training Needs
Aalto University|Uppsala University|Uppsala University
computing related content introduced school curricula world placing new requirements school teachers knowledge little attention paid fostering skills attitudes required teach new content involves traditional computing topics algorithms programming also role technology society well questions related ethics safety integrity technology develops fast rate content taught learning computing content isolated inservice training initiatives means enough rather teachers need develop confidence independently continuously explore new relevant include digital competence teaching teachers selfefficacy hence crucial importance previous article citenorden2017 described development selfefficacy scale teachers focusing digital competence described eus framework digcomp 20 paper extend work analysing 530 teachers responses collected autumn 2017 series workshops professional development events goal collect baseline data painting picture teachers current selfefficacy levels order facilitate followup studies addition results also point challenging areas consequently providing important insight topics themes emphasized professional development initiatives