Opportunities for Self-Evaluation in the Field of Vocational Subject Teachers’ Digital Competencies with an Accent Placed on Reference Framework Standardization

Abstract

In the proposed paper, the issues of self-evaluation in the context of vocational subject teachers’ digital competencies are elaborated with an accent placed on the currently applied reference frameworks in the European environment. Special attention is paid to the DigCompEdu reference framework, within which digital competencies are considered among teachers’ key competencies in the current information society. From among the number of reference frameworks, we mention ECDL – European Computer Driving Licence, as well as ISTE and MENTEP standards. Particularly, the questions of educational transformation in the context of distance teaching and opportunities for improving the quality of the teaching profession in the information society are dealt with. Self-evaluation is presented as a dynamic process of a changing set of interconnected activities, which are in mutual interaction. The topic is discussed in the context of the European environment having an impact on education in Slovakia.