scholarly journals Integrating or Not-Integrating—That is the Question. Effects of Integrated Instruction on the Development of Pre-Service Biology Teachers’ Professional Knowledge

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Kramer ◽  
Christian Förtsch ◽  
Birgit J. Neuhaus
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Pedagogical Content Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Integrated Instruction ◽  
Biology Teachers ◽  
Pedagogical Content ◽  
Psychological Knowledge

For successful classroom instruction, teachers require a well-founded knowledge base consisting of the three knowledge facets pedagogical-psychological knowledge (PK), content knowledge (CK), and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK). However, there is not yet clarity about the circumstances and instructional pathways through which teachers can best develop these knowledge facets. In an experimental study (N = 118 pre-service biology teachers), we investigated the effects of separated instruction (knowledge facets were treated successively without linking) or integrated instruction (knowledge facets were presented in an interrelated way) on PK, CK, PCK and the application of PCK in a video-based assessment tool in comparison to a control group (receiving no instruction). Both pathways of instruction were provided by a lecturer on the curricular topic of senses and sensory organs, exemplified for the topic skin. Results point to the effectiveness of both ways of instruction in terms of knowledge increases for CK and PCK. In addition, working with the video-based assessment tool may have had an additional effect on PCK. No effects for PK could be found, possibly due to a ceiling effect. Moreover, there was no effect of the intervention on the application of PCK. However, tendencies in descriptive results indicating a possible advantage concerning separated or integrated instruction with regard to CK and PCK are discussed. Overall, our results indicate that the use of video-based tools can complement instructional approaches to knowledge acquisition.

scholarly journals Effects of Teacher Training in Systems Thinking on Biology Students—An Intervention Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 7631
Author(s):  
Stefan Streiling ◽  
Christian Hörsch ◽  
Werner Rieß
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Pedagogical Content Knowledge ◽  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Intervention Study ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Biology Teachers ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Pedagogical Content ◽  
Biology Students

Systems thinking provides many advantages in solving complex scientific, economic and sociocultural problems in the field of education for sustainable development. Various studies have shown that systems thinking can be promoted in students at all levels of school education. Previous studies have mainly focused on how to directly develop and support systems thinking in students. The present study focused on biology teachers by investigating the extent that their content knowledge (CK) and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) augments systems thinking in students attending biology classes. On the basis of the finding that content knowledge (CK) and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) are an essential aspect of any type of training, we investigated in a teacher training program the effects of varying amounts of CK and PCK to the ability of biology teachers to foster systems thinking in students. Therefore, a quasi-experimental intervention study was implemented in a pre- and posttest control group design. The results revealed that biology teacher training can sufficiently improve systems thinking in biology students and that PCK plays an at least equally important role as CK in promoting systems thinking.

Developing Pre-Service Teachers' Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge With E-TPCK

2019 ◽  
pp. 350-364
Author(s):  
Charoula Angeli ◽  
Andri Christodoulou
Keyword(s):  
Pedagogical Content Knowledge ◽  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Pedagogical Content ◽  
Electronic Learning ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Electronic Learning Environment ◽  
Experimental Group

The authors discuss the design of e-TPCK, a self-paced adaptive electronic learning environment that was integrated in a second-year educational technology course to engage pre-service teachers' in rich learning experiences in order to develop their technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPCK) in a personalized way. The system deploys a technological solution that promotes teachers' ongoing TPCK development by engaging them in rich and valuable personalized learning experiences through the use of technology-infused design scenarios, while taking into account teachers' diverse needs, information processing constraints, and preferences. Results from an experimental research design study revealed statistically significant differences between the control group and the experimental group in favor of the experimental group, signifying that students in the experimental group who learned with e-TPCK outperformed the students in the control group in terms of developing TPCK competencies.

Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

2018 ◽  
pp. 78-102
Keyword(s):  
Pedagogical Content Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Teacher Knowledge ◽  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Pedagogical Content ◽  
Comprehensive List ◽  
Critical Issues

This chapter addresses the theories underlying the construct TPACK. The chapter begins with reviewing the history and then the rationale of teacher knowledge base in the form of a multi-dimensional model taken from published literature. It also discusses how TPACK framework has developed and evolved in the last decade. Some seminal works whose authors have contributed greatly to the development of TPACK model are reviewed. Based on the theoretical frameworks and the findings of the empirical studies, a comprehensive list of the definitions of TPACK and critical issues regarding this framework are discussed. The chapter comes to its end by introducing the evolved model of TPACK, TPACK in-Action, in detail.

Investigation of Pre-Service Biology Teachers' Self-Confidence Concerning Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge With Respect to Some Variables

2021 ◽  
pp. 47-63
Author(s):  
Dilek Sultan Acarli
Keyword(s):  
Pedagogical Content Knowledge ◽  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Biology Education ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge ◽  
Biology Teachers ◽  
Pedagogical Content ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Class Level ◽  
Significant Difference

The present study aims to determine pre-service biology teachers' self-confidence levels concerning their technological pedagogical content knowledge with respect to variables namely class level and computer knowledge. Designed as a survey, 91 pre-service teachers enrolled in the biology education programme participated in the study. Data were collected by using the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge Self- Confidence Scale developed by Graham, Burgoyne, Cantrell, Smith, Clair and Harris (2009) and adapted in Turkish by Timur and Tasar (2011). Findings of the study show that pre-service teachers have a high self-confidence concerning their technological pedagogical content knowledge. It was also found that there was no significant difference in pre-service teachers' self-confidence with respect to the class level. However, it was found that pre-service teachers who had enrolled in a computer course during their education had higher self-confidence.

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