Online Strategies Enhancing Mathematics Teacher Knowledge for the Digital Age: Discourse and Critical Reflection

2019 ◽  
pp. 422-427
Author(s):  
Margaret L. Niess
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Knowledge ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge ◽  
Graduate Courses ◽  
Pedagogical Content ◽  
Online Strategies ◽  
Education Courses ◽  
Critical Reflections

This study designed online graduate courses to enrich inservice mathematics teachers’ Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK). The effort identified key experiences to engage teachers in discourse and critical reflections for relearning, rethinking, and redefining teaching and learning as they know and learned it, transforming their TPACK with respect to teaching with digital technologies. The experiences modeled inquiry tasks merging content, technology and pedagogy as described in TPACK, connecting teachers with experiences as students learning about and with technologies. Critical reflections on the experiences as learners and as teachers combined with the online community of learners’ discourse, transforming their teacher knowledge. The collection of strategies involving discourse and critical reflection did enhance the participants’ TPACK, providing recommendations for designing online inservice teacher education courses.

scholarly journals Employing Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) Skill Among Teachers in Preparing Online School Assessment for Home-Based Learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Sabri Bin Sahrir ◽  
Abdul Razif Zaini ◽  
Yaakob Hassan ◽  
Zulkefli Hamat ◽  
Taufik Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Pedagogical Content Knowledge ◽  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge ◽  
Online Assessment ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Learning Session ◽  
Pedagogical Content ◽  
Essential Components

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.

Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Pedagogical Content Knowledge ◽  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge ◽  
Theoretical Description ◽  
Pedagogical Content ◽  
Knowledge For Teaching ◽  
K 12

Technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) is a dynamic theoretical description of teachers' knowledge for designing, implementing, and evaluating curriculum and instruction with digital technologies. TPACK portrays the complex interaction among content knowledge, pedagogical knowledge, and technological knowledge for guiding all teachers (K-12 and higher education faculty) in the strategic thinking of when, where, and how to direct students' learning with technologies. Teacher educators' and educational researchers' acceptance of the TPACK construct mirrors the acceptance of its parent construct of pedagogical content knowledge (PCK). The importance of teachers' continued practice in integrating technologies is essential for extending and enhancing their TPACK. Connections with the knowledge-of-practice construct suggest calling TPACK TPACK-of-practice to more accurately describe the process of the knowledge development efforts for guiding inservice and preservice teachers in gaining, developing, and transforming their knowledge for teaching as new and more powerful technologies emerge for integration in education. Ultimately, the very nature of the TPACK construct describes a transformation of teachers' knowledge for teaching in the 21st century – a century reframed by robust and advanced technologies that have been integrated into the fabric of a more complex social, cultural, and educational environment.

Online Instructional Strategies for Enhancing Teachers' TPACK

2019 ◽  
pp. 257-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret L. Niess ◽  
Henry Gillow-Wiles
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Strategies ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge ◽  
Shared Knowledge ◽  
Major Theme ◽  
Pedagogical Content ◽  
Rich Description ◽  
Individual Knowledge ◽  
K 12

This chapter provides a rich description of how scaffolding discourse and critical reflection with K-12 in-service teachers' online learning experiences enhanced their technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) for teaching with technologies. The experiences modeled learning through inquiry tasks that merged content, technology, and pedagogy as envisioned in TPACK. The participants connected with the experiences as students learning about and with digital image and video technologies. Reflections on the experiences as teachers combined with the discourse interactions among the communities to influence their resulting individual critical reflections. A major theme was the recognition of the importance of shared knowledge as expanding individual knowledge. Four TPACK components revealed that the collection of the experiences, discourse, and critical reflection enhanced the participants' TPACK leading to recommendations for the design of online in-service teacher learning experiences for enhancing teachers' TPACK.

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.

Online Instructional Strategies for Enhancing Teachers' TPACK

2021 ◽  
pp. 326-348
Author(s):  
Margaret L. Niess ◽  
Henry Gillow-Wiles
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Strategies ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge ◽  
Shared Knowledge ◽  
Major Theme ◽  
Pedagogical Content ◽  
Rich Description ◽  
Individual Knowledge ◽  
K 12

This chapter provides a rich description of how scaffolding discourse and critical reflection with K-12 in-service teachers' online learning experiences enhanced their technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) for teaching with technologies. The experiences modeled learning through inquiry tasks that merged content, technology, and pedagogy as envisioned in TPACK. The participants connected with the experiences as students learning about and with digital image and video technologies. Reflections on the experiences as teachers combined with the discourse interactions among the communities to influence their resulting individual critical reflections. A major theme was the recognition of the importance of shared knowledge as expanding individual knowledge. Four TPACK components revealed that the collection of the experiences, discourse, and critical reflection enhanced the participants' TPACK leading to recommendations for the design of online in-service teacher learning experiences for enhancing teachers' TPACK.

scholarly journals Persepsi Mahasiswa dan Instruktur tentang Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) Instrukstur Bahasa Inggris di Indonesia

Teknodika ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
Badi'atul Azmina ◽  
Mar’atus Solihah
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Pedagogical Content Knowledge ◽  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Positive Response ◽  
Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge ◽  
Pedagogical Content ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Collecting Techniques ◽  
The Right

<em>In recent years, the development of ICT inevitably influences the teaching and learning process. The instructor should be able to integrate Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) in the classroom. Hence, few studies investigate perceptions of university students and self-perceptions of English instructor’s TPACK, especially in Indonesia. The primary purpose of this study was to find out university students’ perceptions of English Course Instructor’s TPACK, Instructor’s self-perceptions of TPACK, and whether they shared the same perceptions or not. This study was qualitative research in one of the universities in Indonesia. The data collecting techniques were a questionnaire, interviews, and document analysis. This study adopted Jang &amp; Chang questionnaire of TPACK perceptions. The results revealed that university students had a positive response toward the instructor’ TPACK. Similarly, instructor’s self-perceptions also showed that instructor confidently declared that she knew well about the content of the teaching, and the right pedagogy used to deliver the content well. They shared the same perceptions of the English course instructor’s TPACK in Subject Matter Knowledge (SMK) and Instructional Representation &amp; Strategies (IRS). However, they had different perceptions of Technology Integration and Application (TIA). The research implications of this study were as assessment examples of instruction of TPACK by university students and self-perceptions.</em>

scholarly journals PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS’ CRITICAL REFLECTION ON THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS LEARNED IN LIFE SCIENCES METHODOLOGY MODULE

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lydia Mavuru ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Life Sciences ◽  
Abstract Concepts ◽  
Pedagogical Content ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Bachelor Of Education ◽  
Teacher Professional

The complex roles teacher educators and teachers face require their ability to critically reflect on their practices. The question is on whether teachers are trained to make critical reflections of learning experiences for them to be able to critically reflect on their teaching practices. Based on constructivist approach, teacher educators continuously reflect on their practices in order to modify and improve their modules. It is however imperative that pre-service teachers who are the recipients, be given an opportunity to critically reflect on the services they receive and at the same time develop critical reflection skills. By creating reflective teaching and learning environments in the Life Sciences Methodology and Practicum module at the beginning of the academic year, 77 Bachelor of Education students specialising in Life Sciences and in their last year of study at a South African University, were purposefully selected to participate in a qualitative study. The study sought to answer the research questions: 1. What are pre-service teachers’ reflections on the knowledge and skills learned in their last year of study? and 2. What pedagogical and content knowledge aspects can be drawn from pre-service teachers’ critical reflection for the improvement of the module Life Sciences Methodology and Practicum? In collecting data, each pre-service teacher was tasked to compile a critical reflection report which they submitted towards the end of the year, and was analysed through content analysis. The findings showed important knowledge and skills learned which included the contextualization of teaching to ensure learners comprehend abstract concepts such as immunity. Amongst the teaching approaches and strategies covered in the module, argumentation as a social constructivist strategy stood out particularly when teaching controversial topics embedded with socioscientific issues e.g. genetics and evolution. The pre-service teachers indicated that the way practical work was taught, equipped them with knowledge and skills on how inquiry-based approaches can be implemented in the classrooms. Suggestions to improve the module included the provision of pre-service teachers with opportunities to conduct virtual micro lessons in light of COVID-19 pandemic; that the testing of Life Sciences concepts should include the assessment of pre-service teachers’ capabilities to teach the same concepts in the classrooms. The pre-service teachers’ argument is that since they are in their final year, the focus of the module should be on the development and assessment of their pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) and TPACK. The findings of the study have implications for teacher professional development.

Learner-Centered Technology Integration

2012 ◽  
pp. 797-807
Author(s):  
Yun-Jo An
Keyword(s):  
Technology Integration ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Emerging Technologies ◽  
Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Pedagogical Content ◽  
Learner Centered ◽  
Integration Of Technology ◽  
High Level

To transform teaching and learning in ways that better meet the needs of digital natives, there has been increased emphasis on the integration of technology into teaching and learning. However, despite generally improved conditions for technology integration, high-level technology use, associated with constructivist or learner-centered practices, is still low. Many teachers and instructors are not using technologies to their potential, often integrating the new tools into their old practices. In an attempt to better support teachers and instructors in using emerging technologies to design and facilitate learner-centered instruction (LCI), this chapter provides an overview of learner-centered instruction (LCI) and the technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPCK) framework. Then, the potential of emerging technologies to foster learner-centered instruction (LCI) and future trends are discussed.

The Trend of Commitment

2011 ◽  
pp. 273-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Baia
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Instructional Technology ◽  
Technology Adoption ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Pedagogical Content ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Time Faculty

Through the lens of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK), this chapter’s goal is to understand how commitments affect readiness to innovate and how readiness to innovate affects commitments. Even further, it initiates the conversation on what engages faculty to change and improve their own teaching. Can faculty’s commitment to pedagogical quality (CPQ) predict instructional technology adoption? Current Instructional Technology Adoption Models (ITAMs) ignore issues of pedagogy and are mostly developed for an alternative audience and environment, outside the realities and characteristics of higher education. A literature review explores exiting models for factors motivating full-time faculty to incorporate technology. Three audience categories naturally emerge (non-educational, K-12, and higher education), which highlight how each community treats teaching and learning differently. In addition, a study was conducted to analyze relationships between CPQ and adoption. Results indicated CPQ is related to instructional technology adoption through beliefs, academic title, years taught, tenure status, intrinsic and extrinsic motives, and curriculum.

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