International Journal of Education

As the Digital Education Strategy progresses further, the digital competency of teachers has garnered increasing attention. This paper retrieves and organizes literature on teachers digital competence from CNKI database spanning the past decade. Utilizing CiteSpace data analysis visualization software to draw tables and visualization graphs, combining with specific content of literature for analysis. The research reveals that the number of publications on teachers digital competence in China has been steadily rising, with research hot-spots primarily centering on the evaluation and analysis of teachers digital competence, the current state of teachers digital competence, and the exploration on the development of teachers digital competence. The evolutionary trend demonstrates features such as the continual expansion of the academic stages covered and the transition from theory to practice. The frontier of development focuses on areas like artificial intelligence empowering education and talent cultivation, as well as international comparisons providing advanced experiences for reference. Based on these findings, future research should strive to balance attention across different teacher groups at various educational stages, consider the distinct characteristics of segmented groups, and adopt diversified methodologies for in-depth exploration and research.

Teacher；Digital competence；CiteSpace；Visualization analysis