As societies are increasingly digitalised, digital competences are required—for citizens in general and within professions. In education, professional digital competence (PDC) for teachers has been on the research agenda for years. However, less is known about what constitutes PDC for school leaders. This paper adopts a qualitative approach to explore what constitutes school leaders' PDC. It builds on previous studies of concepts of teachers’ PDC, digital transformations in education, and school leadership, supplemented by findings from two empirical studies on school leadership in schools with 1:1 coverage of digital devices. Based on this, the paper presents an initial conceptualisation of PDC for school leaders, illustrating how digital technologies impact both administrative and pedagogical leadership. The paper has merits for the research community interested in school leadership, digitalisation, professional digital competence, education, and schools.

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通过数字设备 1:1 覆盖，为学校领导者构建专业数字能力概念


随着社会日益数字化，普通公民和专业人士都需要数字能力。在教育领域，教师的专业数字能力（PDC）多年来一直被列入研究议程。然而，对于学校领导的 PDC 的构成却知之甚少。本文采用定性方法探讨学校领导PDC的构成。它建立在之前对教师 PDC、教育数字化转型和学校领导概念的研究基础上，并辅以两项关于数字设备 1:1 覆盖率的学校领导力的实证研究的结果。在此基础上，本文为学校领导提出了 PDC 的初步概念，说明了数字技术如何影响行政和教学领导力。对于对学校领导、数字化、专业数字能力、教育和学校感兴趣的研究界来说，这篇论文有其优点。