Full Description
This insightful book expands understanding of teachers' professional digital competence by exploring the wider social, psychological, educational, legal and ethical dimensions of digital technology use in schools.
Discussing the impact of digital technologies in education and wider society, expert contributing authors call for a broader professional knowledge base for teachers. They explore the impact of social media use on students' psychological well being, their increasing exposure to misinformation and disinformation, as well as the continuing expansion of technology corporations in education. Authors advocate for a comprehensive view that transcends a narrow focus on technological innovations and takes into account the new, complex regulatory environments that exist as a result of digital technology. This book underscores the importance of teachers making informed decisions and ethical judgments in the digital age, to enhance their professional status and identity as educators in the twenty-first century.
Reimagining Teacher Digital Competence is a vital tool for education scholars, particularly those researching teacher education and technology-enhanced learning. It will also benefit policy makers and practitioners looking to gain insight into the evolving nature of technologies' impact on education.
Contents
Contents
Preface xi
1 The trajectory of digital competence within education: from
literacy to competence 1
Oliver McGarr, Alison Egan and Keith Johnston
2 Key models and frameworks: understanding the theory and
practice of professional digital competence 10
Keith Johnston
3 Digital competence and teacher education: teacher identity,
tensions and agency 27
Ottavia Trevisan
4 Teachers' professional digital competence: ensuring legal
compliance and protection 46
Alison Egan
5 Teachers' professional digital competence: exploring issues of
social justice and fairness 60
Ann Marcus-Quinn
6 Teachers' professional digital competence: the importance of
understanding the wider commercial context 77
Enda Donlon
7 Teachers' professional digital competence and sustainability:
understanding the human and environmental costs of digital
technology consumption 92
Oliver McGarr
8 Teachers' Professional Digital Competence: the case for
psychological digital competence 107
Emma Jones and Christopher Lomas
9 Teachers' professional digital competence: the implications
for academic integrity in the age of artificial intelligence 127
Ann Rogerson
10 The digitally competent teacher: agentic professional in the
digital age or digitally compliant learning technician? 141
Oliver McGarr, Keith Johnston and Alison Egan
