Ortega Sánchez, Delfín, Gómez Trigueros, Isabel María, Trestini, Marc, Pérez González, Carlos Self-Perception and Training Perceptions on Teacher Digital Competence (TDC) in Spanish and French University Students Ortega-Sánchez D, Gómez-Trigueros IM, Trestini M, Pérez-González C. Self-Perception and Training Perceptions on Teacher Digital Competence (TDC) in Spanish and French University Students. Multimodal Technologies and Interaction. 2020; 4(4):74. https://doi.org/10.3390/mti4040074 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/109840 DOI: 10.3390/mti4040074 ISSN: 2414-4088 Abstract: The purpose of this research is, on the one hand, to analyze the self-perception of future teachers of childhood education and primary education, and those studying for a master’s degree in secondary education teacher training on their Teacher Digital Competence (TDC), as well as the potential influence of gender, country and university institution of origin in their representations. On the other hand, it seeks to analyze the perception of future teachers on the TDC of their university trainers (formative perception). In accordance with these aims, a quantitative methodology of a non-experimental nature and of a prospective cross-sectional ex post facto approach has been used. A total of 428 students from two Spanish universities and from a French university agreed to participate in the research. The results report a positive and differential self-perception by gender of the TDC acquired and unfavorable perceptions of the digital competences of their teachers. These results confirm the need to improve the technological-manipulative and didactic training of university teachers, and to adapt the teaching competences to the demands of the Information and Communication Society (ICS) and to the guidelines of the Common Digital Competence Framework. Keywords:Teacher training, Teacher digital competence, Educational technology, Self-perception MDPI info:eu-repo/semantics/article