On the Manifestations, Causes and Mitigation of Teachers' Digital Anxiety

In the wave of digital transformation in education, teachers are the core implementers, and their adaptability to digital technology directly affects how effectivethe transformation will be. Difficulties in self-regulating to adapt to digital changes lead to their sustained negative emotion:teachers’ digital anxiety, which covers survival, development, technical application, and value perception dimensions. Enhancing teachers’digital-intelligent competenceis the key to alleviating digital anxiety and advancing in-depth educational digital transformation.

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