Adapting and Validating DigCompEdu for Early Childhood Education Students Through Expert Competence Coefficient

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ID13027620
AuthorsJuan Silva Quiróz (0000-0002-9817-402X, Universidad de Santiago de Chile), José González‐campo (0000-0002-4892-067X, Catholic University of the Maule), José Miguel Garrido-Miranda (0000-0001-5338-3680, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso), José Luis Lázaro Cantabrana (0000-0001-9689-603X, Universitat Rovira i Virgili), Raúl Cardiel Reyes (0000-0002-1088-5004, Universidad de Los Lagos)
Year2025
Volume14
Issue6
Pages345-345
Publication date2025-05-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Sciences (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2076-0760 • E-ISSN: 2076-0760
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/socsci14060345
OpenAlexW4410819463
LanguageEN
References cited29

Digital teaching competence (DTC) is key for the teaching profession at any educational level. In early childhood education, DTC poses an important challenge due to the particularities of integrating digital technologies into work with infants. This article proposes an adaptation of DigCompEdu for early childhood education. The construction of this proposal was based on international collaboration, an in-depth literature review, and the expert mediation of the authors, resulting in the adaptation of DigCompEdu’s 22 competency descriptors to the field of initial teacher training in early childhood education. Expert competence coefficient K was applied to select 22 experts for the validation process to establish its pertinence, importance, and clarity, who positively evaluated the 22 descriptors of the proposal. The results consist of a DTC proposal in accordance with the DigCompEdu framework for early childhood education students validated by experts, as a starting point for future research for assessing or self-assessment of DTC, and as a guide to define strategies in initial teacher training

Competence (human resources · Developmental psychology · Early childhood · Early childhood education · Mathematics education · Digital literacy in education · Education and Learning Interventions · Psychology · Social Psychology · Technology-Enhanced Education Studies

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