INFORMATION LITERACY OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN ONLINE TEACHING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN CHINA

Abstract

Synchronous online courses have attracted wide attention during the COVID-19 pandemic. Teachers must have excellent technical skills and a foundation of web knowledge in order to deliver a quality online course. A teacher's information literacy is one important skill against which one can evaluate their professional ability with regard to online instruction. Therefore, this study focuses on selecting teachers from two provinces in China and distributing relevant questionnaires to explore the current situation and training needs of primary and secondary school teacher information literacy from the perspective of professional development. The results show that primary and secondary school teachers have a high level of information consciousness and information ethics, but information knowledge and information ability need to be improved. In addition, there is no significant difference in information literacy among teachers of different gender, age, educational background, and professional title. Technology application and centralized training are the main training contents and formats that teachers look for.