This study investigates the rural-urban divide in teachers' digital teaching competence in China using a large-scale survey of 11,784 K-12 teachers. It explores the influence of ICT attitude, ICT skills, and data literacy on digital teaching competence and reveals a significant digital divide, with rural teachers exhibiting lower levels in all three areas and overall digital teaching competence. Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition analysis identifies data literacy and ICT skills as the most crucial determinants of this divide. The findings highlight the need for targeted interventions to bridge the gap and ensure equitable access to quality education.
Publisher
Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Published On
Jul 17, 2023
Authors
Ruyi Lin, Juan Chu, Lizi Yang, Ligao Lou, Huiju Yu, Junfeng Yang
Tags
digital teaching competence
rural-urban divide
ICT skills
data literacy
K-12 teachers
China
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