The contribution of teacher’s digital competency to teacher’s professionalism at vocational high school

Abstract

Teacher professionalism is the ability of teachers to perform basic tasks as educators. The teaching profession as educators faces challenges that require a new set of competencies and broader competencies. The development of science and technology has changed many things and in various fields are switching in digital technology. The study aimed to analyze the contribution of teacher’s digital competency to teacher’s professionalism at vocational high school. This study was ex-post facto research, and The data were collected using a questionnaire with the content validity testing used construct validity. The research subjects were 33 teachers from 3 vocational high schools in Sleman Regency. Samples were determined using proportional random sampling. Data analysis techniques used in this study are descriptive analysis techniques and regression methods. The result of this study showed that the digital competency and professionalism of teachers were in the high category. Teacher’s digital competency had a positive and significant contribution to teacher’s professionalism, with the value of contribution was 16,5%, while 83,5% was explained by the other variables that do not investigate.