Professional competence of substitute teachers and permanent teachers

The professional competence of teachers is in the center of interest, as it is considered an important factor in upgrading education. The most studied "quality" characteristics of the teachers are the level of education and the experience gained over the years of service, mainly because they are measurable and used as a measure of teachers" salary ranking. Technological competence is added to the characteristics of professional competence since the teachers are called, today, to apply new teaching methods using technology. The purpose of this study is to study the professional competence between substitute and permanent teachers of public education in Greece. The quantitative approach was adopted and a TPCK-based questionnaire was created for data collection. The results of the research showed differences in the professional competence of substitute and permanent teachers in Technological Knowledge and Pedagogical Content Knowledge.