TY - JOUR T1 - A Comparison Between Malaysian and Germany Teacher’s Technology Competency Standards for 21st Century Teaching and Learning AU - Abu Ziden, Azidah JO - The Social Sciences VL - 15 IS - 8 SP - 300 EP - 307 PY - 2020 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1818-5800 DO - sscience.2020.300.307 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2020.300.307 KW - ICT Competency Standards KW -21st century teaching and learning KW -Malaysia KW -Germany KW -cultural diversity KW -global awareness KW -environment literacy AB - This working paper aims to give an overview of current status of the teachers Information Communication Technology Standards (ICT) competency that exist in the field of ICT and initial teacher education for Malaysia and Germany. The purpose of comparing these two countries teacher’s ICT competency standards as research indicated that technology can significantly increase possibilities cultural diversity especially related to global awareness and environment literacy for students. In Malaysia, teacher’s ICT competency standards has been established in 2013 with the support of Malaysian Fundamental Research Grants (FRGS), however from the literature reviews, there is less evidence to conclude that there is an establish ICT competency standards for Germany. As such, this study suggest that Germany also establish an ICT Competency Standards for their teachers, so that, further collaboration between the two countries to promote cultural diversity via technology enhancement could be formed and developed. ER -