Digital tools and spaces are becoming prevalent in schools across the world requiring the development of digital skillsets for student-teachers. Digital technology, in enabling education to extend beyond the space and time boundaries of the conventional classroom (Seifert, T., Sheppard, B. Wakeham, M., 2015) , brings the digital landscape into the classroom and firmly into the frame of reference for those preparing student-teachers to enter the profession. For Initial Teacher Education (ITE) programmes which foreground social justice, the digital (technology which is linked to the internet) goes far beyond a skillset or a discrete subject. Engaging with digital learning encompasses the 21st century context - both local and global - in which student-teachers and their future pupils are situated. Developing a critical pedagogic approach involves understanding the context in which one lives and enabling learners to challenge or change it (Freire, 1996) . For those working in ITE a postdigital lens provides a means to understand the context in which they are situated. Critical pedagogy enables student-teachers to understand that context and challenge the inequities which persist, preparing them not simply to navigate the digital landscape, but to engage with it critically. Reflecting on student-teacher learning this article explores the digital dimension, highlighting the importance of digital learning when engaging with critical pedagogy and social justice in ITE.

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为什么数字学习很重要？初始教师教育中的数字能力、社会正义和批判性教学法

数字工具和空间在世界各地的学校中变得越来越普遍，需要为学生教师开发数字技能。数字技术使教育能够超越传统课堂的空间和时间界限（Seifert, T., Sheppard, B. Wakeham, M., 2015），将数字景观带入课堂并牢牢纳入参考框架对于那些准备学生教师进入该行业的人。对于强调社会正义的初级教师教育 (ITE) 计划，数字（与互联网相关的技术）远远超出了技能组合或离散主题。参与数字学习涵盖了 21 世纪的背景——本地和全球——师生及其未来的学生所处的环境。发展一种批判性的教学方法涉及理解一个人的生活环境并使学习者能够挑战或改变它（Freire，1996）。对于那些在 ITE 工作的人来说，后数字镜头提供了一种了解他们所处环境的方法。批判性教学法使学生-教师能够理解这种背景并挑战持续存在的不平等现象，使他们不仅准备好驾驭数字环境，而且能够批判性地参与其中。反思师生学习，本文探讨了数字维度，强调了数字学习在 ITE 中参与批判性教学法和社会正义时的重要性。对于那些在 ITE 工作的人来说，后数字镜头提供了一种了解他们所处环境的方法。批判性教学法使学生-教师能够理解这种背景并挑战持续存在的不平等现象，使他们不仅准备好驾驭数字环境，而且能够批判性地参与其中。反思师生学习，本文探讨了数字维度，强调了数字学习在 ITE 中参与批判性教学法和社会正义时的重要性。对于那些在 ITE 工作的人来说，后数字镜头提供了一种了解他们所处环境的方法。批判性教学法使学生-教师能够理解这种背景并挑战持续存在的不平等现象，使他们不仅准备好驾驭数字环境，而且能够批判性地参与其中。反思师生学习，本文探讨了数字维度，强调了数字学习在 ITE 中参与批判性教学法和社会正义时的重要性。