Current Situation and Promotion Strategies of Digital Teaching Tool Application Among Primary School Chinese Teachers_Vol. 3 No. 3 (JHET 2026)_Journal of Higher Education Teaching (ISSN: 3005-5776)

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Current Situation and Promotion Strategies of Digital Teaching Tool Application Among Primary School Chinese Teachers

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.62517/jhet.202615322

Author(s)

Zhiyu Lin

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Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China

Abstract

In the context of digital transformation of education, improving primary school Chinese teachers’ digital teaching tool application is key to implementing the "Compulsory Education Chinese Curriculum Standards (2022 Edition)" and cultivating students’ core literacy. In practice, common problems include superficial tool application, shallow tool-discipline integration, and weak external support, urgently requiring effective solutions. This study adopts TPACK’s technological pedagogical content knowledge theory and TDC teachers’ digital competency framework as core theoretical support. Employing literature research, questionnaires, interviews, classroom observations, and case analysis with 32 Chinese teachers and 287 students from Hangzhou D Primary School, it empirically investigates the current status, core problems, and influencing factors of teachers’ digital tool application. Results reveal three major problems: first, superficial application with low high-level function utilization, failing to realize tools’ true value; second, insufficient discipline integration depth and poor tool-teaching adaptability/pertinence; third, inadequate teacher support systems. Targeted solutions are proposed across teachers, schools, and policies to build a multi-party collaborative improvement system: teachers update concepts and integrate digital capabilities daily through reflection and practice; schools establish precise training, evaluation incentives, and technical support; policies strengthen guidance and coordinate resources for a solid institutional foundation.

Keywords

Primary School Chinese Teachers; Digital Teaching; Teaching Tools; Improvement Strategies

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