Digital compliance or professional competence? Representations of teachers and digital futures in the Norwegian Qualification Framework

Erik Straume Bussesund, Bård Ketil Engen, Oliver McGarr

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Abstract

This paper presents a document analysis of the Norwegian qualification framework Professional Digital Competence Framework for Teachers (PDC) to explore the underlying assumptions within the policy. Employing a post-structural policy analysis, the paper analyses the representation of the ‘problem’ of PDC by asking what the document does in relation to teachers’ professionalism. To do this, the analysis explores the underlying assumptions of the policy document and its construction of the problem. The paper argues that the policy document is constructing a particular image of a digital future and presenting the teacher as the ‘problem’ in realising this imagined future. The paper discusses the discursive effects of this policy and explores the implications for the teaching profession.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)-
JournalLearning, Media and Technology
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Keywords

  • educational policy
  • professional digital competence
  • Qualification framework
  • teacher education
  • WPR

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