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Nagel, I.; Amdam, S.H. Teachers’ Professional Digital Competence. Encyclopedia. Available online: https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/59017 (accessed on 05 December 2025).
Nagel I, Amdam SH. Teachers’ Professional Digital Competence. Encyclopedia. Available at: https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/59017. Accessed December 05, 2025.
Nagel, Ilka, Synnøve H. Amdam. "Teachers’ Professional Digital Competence" Encyclopedia, https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/59017 (accessed December 05, 2025).
Nagel, I., & Amdam, S.H. (2025, September 17). Teachers’ Professional Digital Competence. In Encyclopedia. https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/59017
Nagel, Ilka and Synnøve H. Amdam. "Teachers’ Professional Digital Competence." Encyclopedia. Web. 17 September, 2025.
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Teachers’ Professional Digital Competence
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Teachers’ professional digital competence (PDC) refers to digital competence specific to the teaching profession. PDC serves a dual purpose: it encompasses a range of instrumental, professional, ethical, critical, and epistemic dimensions related to, on the one hand, teaching with digital tools and resources and, on the other hand, teaching pupils about digital technologies, digital skills, digital cultural expression, and broader digital and critical competences relevant to study, work, and everyday life. Teachers’ PDC is a dynamic concept that evolves in step with societal development and technological advancement.

TPACK DigCompEdu teacher digital competence digital skills critical digital competence 21st century skills digital agency media literacy
Teachers’ professional digital competence (PDC) refers to dimensions of digital competence that are specific to the teaching profession. The term PDC was introduced by the former Norwegian Centre for ICT in Education in 2012 and has since been employed in several Norwegian policy documents related to schools and education [1][2]. Over time, it has been adopted by other scholars, primarily by Scandinavian researchers (e.g., [3][4][5]) and more recently by international scholars (e.g., [6][7][8]).
The concept of teacher-specific digital competence dates back to the early 2000s through numerous models and conceptualizations developed by both scholars and policymakers. Since the concept of PDC is often perceived as fuzzy and complex by both researchers and teachers, there is a need to align global conceptualizations [9][10]. This challenge motivated the development of this study. The aim of this study is to illustrate how the conceptualization of PDC has evolved from an initial focus on teaching with digital tools to a broader understanding that includes pupils’ digital competences, as well as ethical, critical, and epistemic dimensions. Furthermore, we explore how various factors—including technological developments and access, educational discourse, research agendas, and policy trends—have interacted to shape the development of the concept.

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