scholarly journals Fostering TPACK in pre-service physics teachers during the covid-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 2104 (1) ◽  
pp. 012006
Author(s):  
S A Putri ◽  
N F Sulaeman ◽  
P Damayanti ◽  
P D A Putra

Abstract The pandemic situation forces the educational system to respond to a variety of issues. During the pandemic, it’s essential to learn more about Technological-Pedagogical-Content-Knowledge (TPACK) and how it can be incorporated into pre-service physics teacher preparation. This qualitative research collects data from ten online teaching videos and ten offline teaching videos of 20 pre-service physics teachers. This study attempts to comprehend the appearance of each TPACK component by analyzing the videos with an observation sheet. The observation sheet explored seven components of TPACK, which are Content Knowledge (CK), Pedagogical Knowledge (PK), Technological Knowledge (TK), Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (PCK), Technological and Content Knowledge (TCK), Technological and Pedagogical Knowledge (TPK), and the last is Technological, Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK) itself. The result showed that pre-service teachers were determined good TPACK skills, but lacked in certain components. From the result, in both online and offline microteaching, participants rarely showed their TPK. In online activities, it is also seen that participants were faced difficulties in applying their PCK. The different nature of online and offline microteaching drives the need for teacher education institutions to plan and implement microteaching in the pedagogical courses to improve pre-service teachers’ TPACK in both situations.

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Risto Leinonen ◽  
Markku Haaranen ◽  
Mikko Kesonen ◽  
Mika Koponen ◽  
Pekka E. Hirvonen ◽  
...  

In this article, graduated physics teachers’ views about their teacher education program and professional needs are evaluated. With respect to teacher knowledge, Physical Knowledge for Teaching (PKT) framework consisting of six domains related to content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge was developed based on the framework of Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching. PKT was utilized in the design of a Likert scale instrument that aims to discover teachers’ views concerning these six domains from two separate viewpoints: to what extent the domains were covered in their teacher education program concerning the domains, and how important is that theme for their profession. Results revealed that teachers see that the domains related to common content knowledge and structures of physics have been addressed adequately in their teacher education but characteristics of other domains, such as teaching methods, evaluation, and motivating learners, received less favorable evaluations. With respect to the importance of different domains for teacher profession, teachers valued the importance of every domain of teacher knowledge highly. These findings suggest that the greatest deficiencies in this physics teacher education program lie on addressing pedagogical content knowledge with its various sub-domains. Our PKT framework offers a promising base for evaluating physics teacher knowledge. We suggest that a framework for teacher knowledge should be explicitly introduced for pre-service teachers in their education so that they could evaluate their knowledge and professional needs better.


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Sabri Bin Sahrir ◽  
Abdul Razif Zaini ◽  
Yaakob Hassan ◽  
Zulkefli Hamat ◽  
Taufik Ismail

The Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) framework is crucial for every educators and teachers when dealing with teaching and learning by using technology. There are three essential components of TPACK which have to be fully mastered in order to conduct any teaching and learning session via whatever technological means and platforms, especially in the current situation of COVID-19 pandemic which requires the teacher to adapt with suitable teaching and learning remote strategies including online assessment. This study is conducted to investigate the level of technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) skill among Arabic school teachers in preparing online assessment for remote teaching and learning prior to a training workshop organized by the Malaysian branch of Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, ICESCO-KUIS and Islamic Education Unit, Ministry of Education, Malaysia. The main author has been conducting the TPACK training module among 56 Arabic school teachers in Johor, Malaysia on 5-6 October, 2020 from selected all districts, while only 40 of them responded to the survey after the workshop via Google Form. Moreover, all participants were responding concurrently to the open-ended survey during the workshop via Mentimeter.com. This research instruments were investigating the teachers’ knowledge about three essential components of TPACK, which include technology, content, and pedagogy as well their suggestions and feedbacks towards employing online assessment and effectiveness of conducted workshop. The findings are expected in contributing towards the understanding of the teacher’s level of knowledge in technology, pedagogy, and content among Arabic school teachers in Malaysia especially for online teaching and assessment. The study may also beneficial to other similar settings where the technology has not been effectively utilized by teachers in schools.


2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fitri Suraya Mohamad

The study investigates how Science teachers articulate their self-confidence in teaching Science with technology. Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) is used as the primary tool to describe their practice. Using a quantitative approach, with an initial survey of 408 science teachers from 59 secondary schools in a state in East Malaysia, descriptive and inferential statistics were conducted to assess science teachers’ level of TPACK and discriminate differences between perceptions on TPACK related to their teaching experience. Findings revealed that the level of Content Knowledge (CK), Pedagogical Knowledge (PK), Technological Knowledge (TK) and Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) are high, in comparison to their Technological Content Knowledge (TCK), Technological Pedagogical Knowledge (TPK) and Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) which were recorded at a moderate level. The study also found how teachers with more extensive experience teaching reported higher confidence with their CK, PK and PCK. Novice teachers indicated slightly higher confidence in their TK. The study provides a set of determiners for professional development opportunities for Sarawak Science teachers to upskill their knowledge to integrate science content, pedagogy, and technology.


Author(s):  
Berhanu Abera

Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) has emerged as a useful frame for instructional technology-enhanced education. This chapter addresses the existing literature on technological pedagogical content knowledge framework and of teacher education in Ethiopia in general and English language teacher education in particular. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire, interviews, classroom observations, and documents. The results revealed that the existing literature failed to demonstrate the application of TPACK in English language teacher education in the country. The technological pedagogical content knowledge of classroom English language teachers was also found to be low. Classroom teachers applied their pedagogical content knowledge while teaching English language through televised instruction like the conventional instruction. They were seldom observed applying their technological pedagogical content knowledge. Finally, based on the results and the conceptual framework of TPACK, implications for the Ethiopian secondary school teacher preparation programs are outlined and further studies are suggested.


2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 2823-2842 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teemu Valtonen ◽  
Ulla Leppänen ◽  
Mareena Hyypiä ◽  
Erkko Sointu ◽  
Anneke Smits ◽  
...  

AbstractThe present study is an extension of studies that measure pre-service teachers’ Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) confidence. It provides new perspectives on pre-service teachers’ TPACK by shifting the focus to concrete concerns and strengths indicated by pre-service teachers. The target group consists of a cohort of first-year pre-service teachers (N = 86) from a Finnish university. The data used in this study were 86 lesson plans with integrated technology written by first-year pre-service teachers, with a specific section where students outlined their confident and challenging areas in the lesson plan. These sections were analysed quantitatively through the theoretical lens of TPACK. Four TPACK areas were found confident, challenging or both confident and challenging for students. For these first-year pre-service teachers, pedagogical knowledge played the most important role, and the outcomes concretize specific aspects of pedagogical knowledge that can be addressed to develop TPACK in teacher education. The results provide important perspectives on pre-service-teachers’ development of TPACK, revealing the important position of pedagogical knowledge and detailed perspectives on how pre-service teachers view their readiness to use ICT in education.


Author(s):  
Márcia Cristina De Costa Trindade Cyrino ◽  
Loreni Aparecida Ferreira Baldini

O objetivo do presente artigo é identificar as ações da formadora e a dinâmica de uma Comunidade de Prática de Formação de Professores de Matemática - CoP- FoPMat que contribuíram para constituição/mobilização de Conhecimentos Tecnológicos e Pedagógicos do Conteúdo – TPACK. Para tanto, foi realizada uma investigação qualitativa de cunho interpretativos da prática dessa comunidade no empreendimento de discutir modos de integrar o software GeoGebra no ensino de matemática. Os resultados evidenciaram que as ações da formadora e a dinâmica da CoP promoveram o engajamento mútuo de seus membros no processo de formação, a constituição de um repertório específico que fomentou a construção/mobilização de conhecimentos necessários para integração tecnologias digitais no ensino de Matemática.The purpose of this article is to identify the actions of the professor and the dynamics of a Community of Practice of Mathematics Teachers Education - CoP-FoPMat that contributed to the constitution/mobilization of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge - TPACK. Therefore, a qualitative research of interpretation nature of practice episodes of this community in the project to discuss ways of integrating GeoGebra software in mathematics teaching was done. The results showed that the actions of the professor and dynamics of CoP promoted the mutual engagement of its members in the education process, the establishment of a specific repertoire that fomented the construction/mobilization expertise to integrate digital technologies in mathematics education.


Zetetike ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. e021006
Author(s):  
Luis Fabián Gutiérrez-Fallas ◽  
Ana Henriques

O TPACK (Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge) conceptualiza o conhecimento profissional do professor para uma efetiva integração da tecnologia na educação, que é um desafio frequente no ensino da Matemática. Sendo essencial garantir o seu desenvolvimento na formação inicial de professores de Matemática, este estudo, seguindo uma Investigação Baseada em Design, visa compreender como os princípios de design adotados numa experiência de formação centrada no desenvolvimento do TPACK de futuros professores (FP) de Matemática do 7.º ao 12.º anos de escolaridade contribuem para promover esse conhecimento. Os resultados, com base na análise de resoluções escritas dos FP das tarefas propostas na formação e respostas a entrevista e questionário, mostram que a experiência de formação promoveu competências tecnológicas dos FP, evidenciando a mobilização do TK (Technological Knowledge), TCK (Technological Content Knowledge) e TPK (Technological Pedagogical Knowledge) em articulação com o PCK (Pedagogical Content Knowledge) e, consequentemente, com o TPACK.


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