Digital Competence of Teachers in the Mayan Region of Mexico: Results of a Preliminary Research in Secondary Education

Abstract

Since there is a lack of information on the level of digital competence of
secondary school teachers in the Mayan region of Mexico, a preliminary study was
conducted to identify the level of digital competence and whether there are
differences in the level of digital competence of teachers with socioeconomic
variables. The DigCompEdu Check-In instrument was administered to 462
teachers; global and area competency levels were obtained, as well as analysis of
means and standard deviations and comparisons using the t-test for independent
samples; the Kruskal-Wallis test was also used to find differences. Among the
results it was found that 45.2% of teachers are at intermediate levels of digital
competence, also that there are differences in the level of digital competence
between teachers in urban and rural areas; in addition, it was found that variables
such as level of studies, number of social networks and class hours are related to
the level of digital competence. With the information obtained, some actions can
be defined to be carried out in the next stages of the research, such as working
with more teachers and involving their students. The main contribution of this
research is to have information on the digital competencies of teachers in the
Mayan area of Mexico.