Abstract

This study aims to draw implications for research on teacher education programs in South Korea and through a comparison of teacher education programs for enhancing the digital competencies of pre-service teachers which have been actively researched and developed in Germany and South Korea in recent years. For this purpose, this study first analyzes the case of teacher education programs to enhance the digital competence of pre-service teachers in Germany by examing the background of the Project ‘Digitalization of Teacher Education’, the concept of digital competence being discussed in Germany, and the teacher education programs being piloted in two universities. This study then analyzes the case of teacher education programs to enhance the digital competence of pre-service teachers in South Korea by examing the background of the ‘AI EDucation Alliance and Policy lab’, the concept of digital competence being discussed in South Korea, and the proposed reform of the teacher education programs. Through the comparison of the cases of teacher education programs in the two countries, it found that there are some differences in the concept of digital competency which is being studied in the two countries, and the teacher education programs for enhancing digital competency. Based on these differences, this study concludes that research on digital competence should be conducted in a wider range of institutions and from a variety of perspectives and topics, that the concept of digital competence itself should be studied more in depth, and that teacher education programs should be improved to enhance the critical reflection competency of pre-service teachers.

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