Developing a context- and subject-specific professional digital competence framework

Developing a context- and subject-specific professional digital competence framework for beginning English language teachers in Hong Kong

Beginning teachers, teachers who have just completed their initial teacher education (ITE) programmes and are new to the profession, have been found to have specific challenges as they undergo a period of professional adjustment from their ITE to a full-time teaching post (Clark & Newberry, 2019). Understanding the context and subject-specific skills, knowledge and attributes beginning teachers need is important. If teachers feel competent to begin teaching, this can positively affect their teaching self-efficacy, confidence, and satisfaction (Clark & Newberry, 2019). One area where beginning teachers have been found to lack the required knowledge and skills is technology integration (Gudmundsdottir & Hatlevik, 2018; Moorhouse, 2021).

During the talk, I propose and describe a context- and subject-specific professional digital competence (PDC) framework for beginning English language teachers in Hong Kong. Taking a localised approach,…