TPACK
TPACK
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The TPACK model is based on Lee S. Shulman’s 1986 work “Those Who Understand: Knowledge Growth in Teaching.” written in 2006 by Punya Mishra and Matthew J. Koehler.
First, Shulman discusses the usual idea of knowledge in teaching which is that teachers have a set of content knowledge, specific to the subjects they teach and a set of pedagogical knowledge (teaching methods). Shulman counters this and says that effective teachers overlap these two knowledge sets, making a set of knowledge about how to effectively teach their subject matter - PCK.
Twenty years later, Mishra and Koehler saw that the biggest change happening in education is the use of technology in the classroom. They noticed a disconnect between technology and PCK. So after 5 years of research, Mishra and Koehler created a new framework. TPACK was created, adding technology to pedagogical content knowledge.
TPACK CONSISTS OF THREE DOMAINS:
TECHNOLOGY PEDAGOGY CONTENT
TPACK ALSO CONSISTS OF THREE DOMAIN COMBINATIONS
Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK)
Technological Pedagogical Knowledge (TPK)
Technological Content Knowledge (TCK)
Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK)
Hey Tom, what is PCK?
The knowledge that teachers have about their content AND the knowledge they have about how teach that specific content.
OK. Anything else?
Of course, PCK is specialized knowledge that allows teachers to use the most effective methods for teaching specific content.
Technological Pedagogical Knowledge (TPK)
OK Mr. Tom, then what is TPK?
TPK is the set of skills which teachers develop to identify the best technology to support a particular pedagogical approach.
So I'm a little confused. Can you give me an example?
No problem Jerry. If you want your students to work in collaborative groups (pedagogy) you might choose to have them share their learning in a wiki or communicate what they have learned in a multimodal presentation using something like PowerPoint or Prezi .
Thanks Tom, that makes a lot of sense,
Technological Content Knowledge (TCK)
I'm impressed so far. What about TCK?
TCK is a set of skills that teachers acquire to help identify the best technologies to support their students as they learn content.
Yo Tom, this stuff is starting to make more sense but another example would help.
Jerry, Jerry, Jerry, if you wanted your students to understand how to build a mouse trap, you would allow them to research online to see how to build one. They would find pictures, diagrams and videos to help them better understand the process. Then select a platform that would best document their findings.
Finally, the goal or center of the model is putting everything together.
How does TPACK impact teachers?
It is important for the teacher to be completely up to date and knowledgeable with the curriculum and the components of TPCK to effectively incorporate it into their lessons.
And how does it impact our students?
Students of the millennium work better through technology and quite often find the content and direct teaching quite stale. Therefore by adding the technology component to the already existing PCK model the students become more engaged in their learning.
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So Tom, we're about done. I wanna see how smart you really are. Do you wanna take a TPACK quiz?
Jerry, just so you know, I'm definitely too smart for your quiz but I'll take it to prove I'm right.
OK. Click the link and good luck. Since you're so smart I don't need to tell you to add YOUR NAME to the Nearpod before you get started.
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