The Pandemic and Changes in the Self-Perception of Teacher Digital Competences of Infant Grade Students: A Cross Sectional Study

• Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 18; no. 9; p. 4756
• Main Authors: Romero-Tena, Rosalía, Llorente-Cejudo, Carmen, Puig-Gutiérrez, María, Barragán-Sánchez, Raquel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 29-04-2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Academic achievement; Anxiety; Colleges & universities; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Cross-Sectional Studies; Disease transmission; Education; Emotions; Humans; Infant; Instructional design; Learning; Mental disorders; Mental health; Pandemics; Pattern recognition; Perception; Perceptions; Physiology; Professional development; Reaction time; SARS-CoV-2; Self Concept; Self image; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Statistical analysis; Students; Teachers; Teaching; University students; COVID; university; digital competences; students; learning; self-perception; educational challenges
• ISSN: 1660-4601; 1661-7827; 1660-4601
• DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18094756

Without having a reaction time, the pandemic has caused an unprecedented transformation in universities around the world, leading to a revolution from structured models anchored in the conception of transmission of training towards a teaching approach-learning saved thanks to the incorporation of technology. This study aims to verify whether the pandemic situation has influenced the digital competence self-perception of students. Comparing two groups during the academic years 2019/2020 and 2020/2021, the instrument used is the questionnaire for digital competence "DigCompEdu Check-In" for future teachers. After the educational intervention, group A (before COVID-19) presented higher self-perceptions of competence than group B (during COVID-19); the pandemic situation caused by COVID-19 has negatively influenced students' self-perception of their digital skills in the pretest in the different dimensions under study. Before receiving the training, the group that did not experience the pandemic enjoyed a higher self-perception of their competencies than the group that experienced the pandemic. The data obtained indicate that the difference exists, and that it is statistically significant, and may be a consequence of the clear relationship between self-perception and the way in which students face reality through their personal and subjective vision.