The perceptions of Primary School Degree students about their digital competence: detection of training necessities

INTRODUCTION. The application of new technologies to education is a dynamic phenomenon and this forces the academic community to constantly review students' real knowledge of their competences. This article is part of an extensive research project that analyzes the ICT training received by Primary Education Degree Students at three Spanish universities (Granada, Jaen and Oviedo). METHOD. The study included a sample of 559 students and highlighted the strengths and weaknesses regarding their ICT skills, emphasizing those aspects that have a bigger impact on these students' pedagogical performance. RESULTS. The results show new challenges for teachers, whether technical, legislative, or about security-related issues, such as cyberbullying or anxiety. DISCUSSION. The increase in contents should not be an obstacle to continue addressing tra-ditional ICT issues, since our results show these issues become gaps in students' knowledge recurringly.