TEACHER EDUCATORS’ DIGITAL COMPETENCE: A STUDY FROM TEACHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS OF UTTARAKHAND
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https://doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v5.i1.2024.4313Keywords:
Teacher Educators, Digital Competence (Digicomp), Teacher Education InstitutionsAbstract [English]
Digital competence became a most prominent skill in the context of education. As a key competence of the 21st century, teacher educators must be skilled in the digital world. In the teacher training programme, the role of teacher educators becomes more important as they train and impart their learning experiences to meet the necessary competence of teaching in perspective teachers. Digital competency is a much-needed requirement for teachers in the present era. This study was conducted among 150 teacher educators, working in the teacher education institutions of the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand. It investigated the level of digital competence among teacher educators concerning their gender, type of institutions, teaching experience and their teaching stream. The findings of the study revealed that an intermediate level of digital competence had been found among teacher educators. Gender, type of institutions, teaching experience and teaching stream had no significant impact on the digital competency of teacher educators.
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