Initial Evidence of Construct Validity of Data from a Self-Assessment Instrument of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) in 2-Year Public College Faculty in Texas

Technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) has been studied in K-12 faculty in the U.S. and around the world using survey methodology. Very few studies of TPACK in post-secondary faculty have been conducted and no peer-reviewed studies in U.S. post-secondary faculty have been published to date. The present study is the first reliability and validity of data from a TPACK survey to be conducted with a large sample of U.S. post-secondary faculty. The professorate of 2-year public college faculty in Texas will help their institutions meet the goals of the state’s higher education strategic plan, 60x30TX. In order to do reach the 60x30TX goals, Texas community college faculty will need to implement learner-centered strategies as well as more technology in their courses. At present, there is no simple, easy, and effective way for faculty or their institutions to assess the faculty’s readiness to fulfill these goals. A sequential EFA-CFA process is used to test the Community College TPACK Survey for Meaningful Learning (CC-TSML) for reliability, validity, and model fit. The results indicate that the CC-TSML may be a useful initial tool to help Texas community colleges and their faculty determine where to spend their professional development efforts. Comparisons to other studies indicate that the data from Texas 2-year public college faculty in this sample fit well between PK-16 and university faculty in other cultural contexts

Validation of a technological pedagogical content knowledge instrument in a Malaysian secondary school context

Purpose – This study focused on the validation of a Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) instrument for using ICT in teaching and learning effectively in a Malaysian secondary school setting. The aim of this study was to confirm a sevenfactor TPACK model which includes Technological Knowledge, Content Knowledge, Pedagogical Knowledge, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Technological Pedagogical Knowledge, Technological Content Knowledge and Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge. Methodology – This study was designed as a case study situated within a particular context in Malaysia.A survey was administered to 150 pre-service teachers enrolled in a university in Malaysia.Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of the adapted TPACK survey was preceded by assessing the fit of the measurement model with the data in the study based on the a priori theoretical model.Findings – The findings revealed that the measurement model adequately fit with the data collected within a Malaysian secondary school context, also lending validity to the adapted TPACK instrument used in this study. Significance – The adapted and translated TPACK survey was found to be a valuable self-report instrument for measuring pre-service teachers’ TPACK knowledge.A greater understanding of TPACK may be required for pre-service teachers before adequate gains in using ICT in teaching can be achieved.Thus, it is recommended that this knowledge should be integrated in the Initial Teacher Education curriculum with more attention to improving access to ICT in Initial Teacher Education and the school

A case study of secondary pre-service teachers’ technological pedagogical and content knowledge mastery level

In recent years, researchers reported that effective ICT integration requires teachers to acquire knowledge of technology, content, pedagogy and the intersection of these, known as TPACK (Mishra & Koehler, 2006; Archambault, & Crippen, 2009).This study specifically sought to answer: 1) What are pre-service teachers’ perceptions of their TPACK mastery level before and after field experience; and, 2) Is there a significant difference of TPACK after field experience in schools? The TPACK survey instrument was adapted from Schmidt et al.(2009) and Archambault and Crippen (2009) and administered before and after their field experience to 107 pre-service teachers in a research intensive university programme in New Zealand.In addition, three student teachers were interviewed before and after field experience. These pre-service teachers scored highest in Content Knowledge (CK) and lowest in Technology Knowledge (TK) domains within TPACK at both before and after field experience. Paired-sample t-tests showed significant increases in most TPACK domains, namely, TK, PK, PCK, TCK and TPACK.Interviews and observations of three students clarified complex changes in knowledge of TPACK that linked to their experience in schools.The study continues to support the need for field experience while also adding caution to the interpretation of TPACK survey evidence given the strength of the student teachers’ perceived knowledge before field experience.Further research is underway with a comparative survey in a programme that prepares teachers for secondary schools in Malaysia

Transforming pre-service teacher curriculum: observation through a TPACK lens

This paper will discuss an international online collaborative learning experience through the lens of the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) framework. The teacher knowledge required to effectively provide transformative learning experiences for 21st century learners in a digital world is complex, situated and changing. The discussion looks beyond the opportunity for knowledge development of content, pedagogy and technology as components of TPACK towards the interaction between those three components. Implications for practice are also discussed. In today’s technology infused classrooms it is within the realms of teacher educators, practising teaching and pre-service teachers explore and address effective practices using technology to enhance learning

Teaching and learning in virtual worlds: is it worth the effort?

Educators have been quick to spot the enormous potential afforded by virtual worlds for situated and authentic learning, practising tasks with potentially serious consequences in the real world and for bringing geographically dispersed faculty and students together in the same space (Gee, 2007; Johnson and Levine, 2008). Though this potential has largely been realised, it generally isn’t without cost in terms of lack of institutional buy-in, steep learning curves for all participants, and lack of a sound theoretical framework to support learning activities (Campbell, 2009; Cheal, 2007; Kluge & Riley, 2008). This symposium will explore the affordances and issues associated with teaching and learning in virtual worlds, all the time considering the question: is it worth the effort

Cambodian STEM pre-service teachers’ competency in effective information communication technology integration teaching based on technological pedagogical content knowledge framework

This study explores how Cambodian STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) pre-service teachers comprehended the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) and its components, content knowledge (CK), pedagogical knowledge (PK), technological knowledge (TK), pedagogical content knowledge (PCK), technological pedagogical knowledge (TPK), technological content knowledge (TCK) and their associations with demographic variables. Using a self-report questionnaire, the study surveyed 440 pre-service teachers from three distinct teacher training colleges. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, and Pearson's correlation. Results showed that pre-service teachers rated themselves above the mean in all components: TPK and CK were the highest, and TCK and TPACK were the lowest. There was a significant difference in the gender and foreign language variables; males and being able to understand foreign languages were the favor. A negative relationship existed in age variables where younger pre-service teachers demonstrated higher competence in all aspects of TPACK except PCK. It concluded that Cambodian STEM pre-service teachers demonstrate adequate knowledge of content, pedagogy, and technology to integrate information communication and technology (ICT) into their teaching. Possessing a medium to a high level of TPACK, additional professional development programs are needed to assist pre-service teachers in reaching the highest TPACK level

Technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge for technology integration: a systematic literature review

Many empirical studies used technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge (TPACK) to evaluate technology integration in education. However, systematic reviews on TPACK, related to technology integration in education are still limited, linked to the TPACK and technology integration issue. Therefore, this systematic literature reviews TPACK-based studies from 2010 to 2022, focusing on three topics: instruments to assess TPACK, TPACK domains’ inter-correlation, and TPACK relationships with technology integration. This systematic literature review implemented PRISMA (preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses). The study used Science Direct as a platform for articles’ search with three keywords, namely TPACK, preservice teacher; TPCK, preservice teacher; and TPACK, preservice teacher, technology integration. There were 28 articles reviewed. The findings informed 11 articles regarding scales to assess TPACK. There were nine articles reported TPACK domains’ intercorrelation and 10 articles informed TPACK relationships with technology integration. This study could significantly contribute to advancing knowledge regarding instruments to assess TPACK, TPACK factors inter-correlation, and TPACK and technology integration

Investigating contextual knowledge within TPACK: How has it been done empirically so far?

The technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) framework traditionally describes seven domains of knowledge which teachers rely on for effectively combining technology, pedagogy and content within their teaching contexts. To date, the context construct has been acknowledged interchangeably as both the settings within which teachers operate as well as teachers’ knowledge of their teaching environments. The need to distinguish between the two has been emphasized by Mishra (2019) by explicitly upgrading context as an eighth domain of knowledge of TPACK. To support future research on contextual knowledge, based on a systematic review of the TPACK literature published between 2005 and 2020, this study offers an overview of the current empirical methods, instruments, and findings surrounding this construct. Findings reveal a range of approaches (i.e., self-report, interviews, artifacts, observations, vignettes, and multimethods) for investigating contextual knowledge and the comparison of these approaches and their related findings are discussed

TEHNOLOGIJA U RAZREDU: TEHNOLOŠKA PEDAGOŠKA I SADRŽAJNA ZNANJA UČITELJA EFL-a

This is a mix-method study with a sequential explanatory design aimed at investigating the level of technology knowledge of EFL teachers in Indonesian senior high schools. In this study, a total number of 375 teachers from public schools located in the southern part of Sumatra Island, Indonesia, were voluntarily involved in the survey. To fit the context of the study, the TPACK survey was adapted from previous literature with the overall Cronbach’s alpha ranging from .82 to .89. The adapted instruments were validated through content validity involving four experts in educational technology and one expert of English-Indonesian language translation. We also applied Cronbach’s alpha testing, the reliability of the adapted instruments (0.75 to .89). Mean and p-value were reported in the quantitative report. Afterward, we interviewed teachers using semi-structured interview which questions were based on the survey items. The data were transcribed, translated, coded, and put into themes. Findings showed that all teachers had more knowledgeable of traditional, non-technological conception of pedagogy, and content than technological pedagogy and technological content.Ovo je studija kombinirane metode s uzastopnim obrazloženjem usmjerenom na ispitivanje razine tehnološkog znanja nastavnika EFL-a u srednjim školama u Indoneziji. U ovom istraživanju dobrovoljno je uključeno ukupno 375 učitelja iz javnih škola smještenih u južnom dijelu otoka Sumatre u Indoneziji. Kako bi se prilagodio kontekstu studije, TPACK istraživanje je prilagođeno iz prethodne literature s ukupnim Cronbachovim alfa rasponom od .82 do .89. Prilagođeni instrumenti su potvrđeni valjanošću sadržaja koja uključuje četiri stručnjaka za obrazovnu tehnologiju i jednog stručnjaka za prijevod s engleskog na indonezijski jezik. Primijenili smo i Cronbachovo alfa testiranje, pouzdanost prilagođenih instrumenata (0.75 do 1.89). Srednja i p vrijednost su navedeni u kvantitativnom izvješću. Poslije smo intervjuirali nastavnike pomoću polustrukturiranog intervjua u kojem su se pitanja temeljila na anketnim stavkama. Podaci su prepisani, prevedeni, kodirani i stavljeni u teme. Nalazi su pokazali da su svi učitelji više poznavali tradicionalnu, netehnološku koncepciju pedagogije i sadržaje od tehnološke pedagogije i tehnološkog sadržaja

Adaptation of a TPACK survey to Turkish for secondary school teachers

The purpose of this study is to adapt technological pedagogical and content knowledge (TPACK) survey which was developed by Koh, Chai & Tsait (2010). The survey was administered to 285 teachers who teach a variety of subject areas at the secondary school level in Edirne. The translation equivalence, back translation and content validity done by the specialists. All data was analysed by using Lisrel 8.7 and IBM SPSS 19. The results of the confirmatory factor (CFA) analysis were as follows: χ2/sd 2.89, RMSEA .08, GFI .85, AGFI .81, RMR .03, SRMR .03, NFI 98, NNFI .99 and CFI .99. The CFA results showed that original 5 factor scale fitted with Turkish data. Cronbach alpha coefficients were .74, .87, .89, .92 and .84 for the factors respectively and .94 for overall TPACK survey. Item total correlations ranged from .56 to .91. All t-test results of upper27% and lower27% group were meaningful. The findings revealed that TPACK survey was a valid and reliable instrument for measuring secondary school teachers’ TPACK