A Review on Technology Competencies of Language Teacher Educators via Web of Science Database

Abstract

Technology integration into education has become inevitable in the 21^st century and been found to provide lots of advantages. Unfortunately, technology is not benefited in today’s classrooms at a satisfactory level. There are many and various factors effective in this regard. Technology-related practices during teacher training is one of them. Teachers must gain the belief in the usefulness of technology during their pre-service. Only then will they use it willingly and effectively. To have them form this belief, responsibilities fall on the shoulders of teacher educators. At this point, their technology competence comes into prominence. Starting off with this idea, the present study focuses on language teacher educators’ technology competence and aims to find out what the current literature holds concerning this issue. To this end, the Web of Science database was reviewed using the keywords “language teacher educators” and “technology”. Only 6 studies appeared, which indicates that this is an understudied topic and needs more consideration. Despite the limited number, the studies reviewed provided useful insights. They showed that language teacher educators’ technology competence is a context-specific phenomenon. Having good social relations with colleagues affects their technology use positively. Policy and hierarchy were found to affect language teacher educators’ technology use.