Formation of Teachers’ Digital Competence: Domestic Challenges and Foreign Experience

Abstract

Education system in Ukraine is undergoing large-scale reforms including modernization on different school levels and higher educational institutions. Students’ world view is laid out at school, that is why teachers must be ready to promote new content of education. According to the Concept “New School of Ukraine” among the key competencies of a student are the ability of intercultural communication in social and cultural contexts, digital competence, awareness of national identity as the basis of open-mindedness and respect for the diversity of cultural expression of others, and more. With this paper the author intends to initiate modifying demanded competencies and skills for contemporary primary school teachers based on cross-cultural experience. The article explains the necessity of forming a digital competence as a separate component of the professional skills of the modern teacher and shows its influence on the development of the personality of the modern student. Much attention is drawn to the domestic challenges in the implementation of digital devices in classrooms. Some foreign experience is analyzed in this research.