Study of teachers’ digital competence in Official Language Schools in Andalusia (Spain) and its relationships with gender and age variables

Abstract

Teachers’ digital skills is an essential factor in current teaching-learning processes, especially when it comes to the teaching of additional languages. To date, previous research on the digitalization processes the teaching profession has undergone has tended to focus on the contexts of early childhood, primary, secondary and higher education, but few studies have examined Official Language Schools. In the case of Andalusia (Spanish Southern region), these educational centres are participating in the so-called Educational Digital Transformation (TDE) process, a project promoted by the Ministry of Education. In this study, 104 teachers have completed the Spanish version of the DigCompEdu Check-In questionnaire. The main results show a moderate level of Digital Competence. In addition, the results also show a lack of statistically significant differences in terms of gender variable but, on the other hand highly significant differences in terms of age. In light of these findings, possible pathways for competency development are discussed.