Modern Social Science Research

With the successive promulgation of policy documents such as the "14th Five-Year Plan for Education Development," the "Education Informatization 2.0 Action Plan," and the "Education Digitalization Strategy Action," education digitalization has become a core strategy for promoting education modernization in my country. Basic education in western China covers 12 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), serving a population of over 250 million (according to the "China Education Statistics Yearbook"). Its level of digital development directly affects the achievement of the national "Education Powerhouse" strategic goal. Driven by the education digitalization strategy, promoting the digital transformation of basic education in western China is a key path to narrowing regional education gaps and promoting balanced educational development. However, the current digital transformation of basic education in western China faces multiple challenges: weak infrastructure, insufficient digital resource adaptability, lack of digital literacy among teachers, a significant digital divide among students, and lagging institutional and mechanism construction. To address the aforementioned issues, this study, through field research, systematically analyzes the practical difficulties in the digital transformation of basic education in western China. It then proposes a five-dimensional strategy framework encompassing "infrastructure strengthening—localization of resources—collaborative capacity building—precise support for education—mechanism optimization and improvement," aiming to provide theoretical and practical references for achieving high-quality digital transformation in western basic education.

Digital education; Western basic education; Teachers' digital literacy; Localized resources