This symposium discusses strategies for developing teachers' TPACK (Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge) through professional development programs. Four contributions will be presented that use design-based approaches to prepare pre-service teachers in various countries to integrate technology. The first discusses a program in Kuwait using design teams, the second a US master's program, the third design teams for math teachers in Ghana, and the fourth the development of a TPACK assessment instrument. The goal is to identify characteristics of effective professional development for technology integration.
TPACK integration in teacher education: A case study in educational institut...Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The aim of this study was to explore the ways in which teacher education institutions prepare pre-service teachers for integrating ICT in their classroom practice. Specifically, a multiplecase study was conducted to examine the ways in which the development of TechnologicalPedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) was promoted in the existing curriculum of threeteacher education institutions in Flanders. In the three cases, data were drawn from semi-structured interviews with the heads of the department and the ICT coordinators. Focus groupdiscussions collected the perspectives of pre-service teachers and teacher educators. Theresults indicate that 1) the three institutions are moving from ICT as a “stand-alone” coursetowards embedding ICT across the curriculum and 2) three approaches were adopted for developing pre-service teachers’ TPACK, each representing different ways of understandingthe place of ICT in the curriculum. The discussion will focus on the challenges andopportunities inherent in understanding how to develop pre-service teachers’ TPACK in thecurriculum of teacher education institutions.
21st Century Skills & TPACK (English version)Petra Fisser
Tijdens een conferentie van de Poolse Centre for education development gaf Petra Fisser een keynote presentatie over competenties die leraren nodig hebben om hun leerlingen voor te bereiden op leren en werken in de 21e eeuw, waarbij een belangrijke rol is weggelegd voor de integratie van ict in het onderwijs. Daarbij werden 21st century skills gekoppeld aan het TPACK model.
Descriptive Indicators of Future Teachers’ Technology Integration in the PK-1...Joan E. Hughes, Ph.D.
This research examined preservice teacher graduates' positioning toward integrating technology in future teaching. Participants included 115 preservice teachers across three cohorts in 2008-2009 who graduated from a laptop-infused teacher education program. The study implemented a case study methodology that included a survey administered upon graduation.Indicators of positioning toward technology integration included: digital technology self-efficacy, attitude toward learning technologies, pedagogical perspective, personal/educational digital technology behaviors during the program, and TPACK knowledge used to rationalize their most valued technologies for future teaching. Results indicated graduates held moderate digital technology self-efficacy, positive attitude toward learning technologies,and moderate constructivist philosophy. During their preparation,productivity software activities were used most widely for educational purposes.Their most valued technologies for teaching subject matter were predominantly productivity software as well as general hardware, such as computers, projectors, and document cameras. They described teacher-centric uses three times more often than student-centered. Graduates showed low depth of TPACK. Teacher education programs need to consider the degree to which their candidates are exposed to a range of contemporary ICTs, especially content-specific ICTs, and the candidates' development of TPACK, which supports future technology-related instructional decision making. Such knowledge is developed across the teaching career, and technological induction programs may support continued TPACK development.Future research should employ longitudinal studies to understand TPACK development and use across novice and veteran teachers.
TPACK integration in teacher education: A case study in educational institut...Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The aim of this study was to explore the ways in which teacher education institutions prepare pre-service teachers for integrating ICT in their classroom practice. Specifically, a multiplecase study was conducted to examine the ways in which the development of TechnologicalPedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) was promoted in the existing curriculum of threeteacher education institutions in Flanders. In the three cases, data were drawn from semi-structured interviews with the heads of the department and the ICT coordinators. Focus groupdiscussions collected the perspectives of pre-service teachers and teacher educators. Theresults indicate that 1) the three institutions are moving from ICT as a “stand-alone” coursetowards embedding ICT across the curriculum and 2) three approaches were adopted for developing pre-service teachers’ TPACK, each representing different ways of understandingthe place of ICT in the curriculum. The discussion will focus on the challenges andopportunities inherent in understanding how to develop pre-service teachers’ TPACK in thecurriculum of teacher education institutions.
21st Century Skills & TPACK (English version)Petra Fisser
Tijdens een conferentie van de Poolse Centre for education development gaf Petra Fisser een keynote presentatie over competenties die leraren nodig hebben om hun leerlingen voor te bereiden op leren en werken in de 21e eeuw, waarbij een belangrijke rol is weggelegd voor de integratie van ict in het onderwijs. Daarbij werden 21st century skills gekoppeld aan het TPACK model.
Descriptive Indicators of Future Teachers’ Technology Integration in the PK-1...Joan E. Hughes, Ph.D.
This research examined preservice teacher graduates' positioning toward integrating technology in future teaching. Participants included 115 preservice teachers across three cohorts in 2008-2009 who graduated from a laptop-infused teacher education program. The study implemented a case study methodology that included a survey administered upon graduation.Indicators of positioning toward technology integration included: digital technology self-efficacy, attitude toward learning technologies, pedagogical perspective, personal/educational digital technology behaviors during the program, and TPACK knowledge used to rationalize their most valued technologies for future teaching. Results indicated graduates held moderate digital technology self-efficacy, positive attitude toward learning technologies,and moderate constructivist philosophy. During their preparation,productivity software activities were used most widely for educational purposes.Their most valued technologies for teaching subject matter were predominantly productivity software as well as general hardware, such as computers, projectors, and document cameras. They described teacher-centric uses three times more often than student-centered. Graduates showed low depth of TPACK. Teacher education programs need to consider the degree to which their candidates are exposed to a range of contemporary ICTs, especially content-specific ICTs, and the candidates' development of TPACK, which supports future technology-related instructional decision making. Such knowledge is developed across the teaching career, and technological induction programs may support continued TPACK development.Future research should employ longitudinal studies to understand TPACK development and use across novice and veteran teachers.
TPACK development in teacher design teams: assessing the perceived and observ...Ayoub Kafyulilo
This paper was presented at the Society for Information Technology in Teachers Education In New Orleans (Louisiana) USA. An international conference held from 25th to 29th March 2013.
PREPARING STUDENT TEACHERS TO TEACH WITH TECHNOLOGY: CASE STUDIES IN FINLAND ...IJITE
This quantitative study examines the training of student teachers for ICT-based teaching in two teacher education institution, in Israel and Finland. The data was collected in 2015-2017 using a questionnaire administered to 41 Finnish and 44 Israeli student teachers. The results show that most student teachers had practice in ICT-based teaching. However, about a third of student teachers in both institutions practiced only two times or less using ICT. Those who practiced mostly used a teacher-centred approach as did their college and school mentor teachers who integrated ICT in their lessons. The variable describing competency in ICT-based teaching correlated with student teachers' attitudes, the number of ICT-based lessons they taught, modelling by the school mentor teacher, and the various schools’ infrastructures and support. The results show that students in Israeli institutions are better prepared to teach with ICT which can be explained by the impact of the latest national reforms. We conclude that students' perception of their TPACK is the function of a variety of factors: on a personal level (attitudes towards the contribution of ICT to teaching and learning); on an institutional level (curriculum, modelling by faculty, institutional strategies); on a field practice school level (modelling by school mentors, infrastructure, pedagogical, technological, and administrative support); and on a national level (reforms and their implementation models). All these factors must be considered to promote the pedagogically innovative integration of ICT in teacher training and the overall education system. The best strategy to achieve this goal is to support collaboration between TEIs and schools on the national level. Wide-scale implementation of ICT in teaching demands significant investments in infrastructure and training. Hence much of its success depends on the national vision and priorities given to this purpose.
Symposium on TPACK at SITE 2014
TPACK is recognized by many as a useful conceptual framework to help define the knowledge base teachers’ need to know to effectively integrate technology in their educational practice. However, determining whether teachers indeed have developed the knowledge and skills required for effective technology integration – or in short whether they have developed TPACK – is a much more complicated issue. This symposium discusses how artifacts are being used in assessing pre-service and practicing teachers technology integration competencies. TPACK calls for coherence between content, pedagogy and technology. The assumption is that having TPACK also implies teachers’ being able to demonstrate technology integration competencies. This assumption implies a fit between (pre-service) teachers’ TPACK (often measured through self-report instruments) and the artifacts they produce.
In this symposium we discuss how different kinds of artifacts, e.g. lesson plans and lesson practice as demonstrated in video clips can be used as an indicator of a teacher’s technology integration competencies. In this symposium we discuss different artifacts (pre-service) teachers produce in order to demonstrate that they have TPACK. In the symposium different artifacts will be discussed, such as lesson plans and video clips that show technology use in classroom practice. The symposium deals with the potential and restrictions of artifacts as indicator for technology integration, the assessment of artifacts and the relation with other TPACK measures, such as the TPACK survey from Schmidt et al. (2010). Examples from different educational contexts will be presented and discussed.
This presentation focuses on technology integration and the effective use of the ET in DoDEA classes based on a framework created by Punya Mishra and Michael Koehler of Michigan State University.
The TPACK framework has been used to prepare prospective science teachers at the Public Authority of Applied Education and Training (PAAET) in Kuwait for technology integration in education. Prospective science teachers worked in teams to design a technological solution for a pedagogical problem that teachers usually face. Prospective science teachers were separated in two groups. The first group was coached by technology, pedagogy, and content experts (human support condition). The second group (blended support condition) was supported by using a blended approach, by which they had access to an online portal with different tutorials and examples and they also had the opportunity to meet with the technology, pedagogy and content experts whenever needed. From the literature there is strong evidence that a positive teacher attitude towards technology plays a critical role in the success of the technology integration process, but only a positive attitude to use technology in education is pointless if it is not supported with the necessary skills to use technology (Christensen & Knezek, 2008). In a pre-test post test design data were collected of prospective science teachers’ attitude toward ICT, their ICT skills, and their TPACK. The study showed that the attitude towards ICT, Technological Knowledge (TK) and technological skills were increased. This implies that the prospective teachers became more competent and confident in using technology. It was also found that there was significant growth in TPACK. However, it was found that the blended support condition had a higher increase in their Technological Knowledge (TK) and Technological Pedagogical Knowledge (TPK), and their attitude toward computer as a tool for productivity and enjoyment compared to the human support condition. This indicates that the blended approach for supporting design teams could be a suitable method to enhance the development of TPACK.
TPACK + Mathematics: A Review of Current TPACK LiteratureIJITE
This paper will summarize a review of current literature on the Technology, Pedagogy and Content
Knowledge (TPACK) framework, discuss innovative technology integration in teacher preparation and
mathematics methods courses for teacher candidates studying elementary education. Themes that emerged
in the review of current TPaCKliterature included the importance of understanding the TPACK framework,
developing self efficacy, the vital role that modeling plays, how collaboration impacts and finally, just how
powerful reflection can be in the application of TPACK. This paper will examine and explain these
different themes and summarize the current literature as well as highlight trends on technology integration
and TPACK.
TPACK + MATHEMATICS: A REVIEW OF CURRENT TPACK LITERATURE IJITE
This paper will summarize a review of current literature on the Technology, Pedagogy and Content Knowledge (TPACK) framework, discuss innovative technology integration in teacher preparation and mathematics methods courses for teacher candidates studying elementary education. Themes that emerged in the review of current TPaCKliterature included the importance of understanding the TPACK framework, developing self efficacy, the vital role that modeling plays, how collaboration impacts and finally, just how powerful reflection can be in the application of TPACK. This paper will examine and explain these different themes and summarize the current literature as well as highlight trends on technology integration and TPACK.
TPACK development in teacher design teams: assessing the perceived and observ...Ayoub Kafyulilo
This paper was presented at the Society for Information Technology in Teachers Education In New Orleans (Louisiana) USA. An international conference held from 25th to 29th March 2013.
PREPARING STUDENT TEACHERS TO TEACH WITH TECHNOLOGY: CASE STUDIES IN FINLAND ...IJITE
This quantitative study examines the training of student teachers for ICT-based teaching in two teacher education institution, in Israel and Finland. The data was collected in 2015-2017 using a questionnaire administered to 41 Finnish and 44 Israeli student teachers. The results show that most student teachers had practice in ICT-based teaching. However, about a third of student teachers in both institutions practiced only two times or less using ICT. Those who practiced mostly used a teacher-centred approach as did their college and school mentor teachers who integrated ICT in their lessons. The variable describing competency in ICT-based teaching correlated with student teachers' attitudes, the number of ICT-based lessons they taught, modelling by the school mentor teacher, and the various schools’ infrastructures and support. The results show that students in Israeli institutions are better prepared to teach with ICT which can be explained by the impact of the latest national reforms. We conclude that students' perception of their TPACK is the function of a variety of factors: on a personal level (attitudes towards the contribution of ICT to teaching and learning); on an institutional level (curriculum, modelling by faculty, institutional strategies); on a field practice school level (modelling by school mentors, infrastructure, pedagogical, technological, and administrative support); and on a national level (reforms and their implementation models). All these factors must be considered to promote the pedagogically innovative integration of ICT in teacher training and the overall education system. The best strategy to achieve this goal is to support collaboration between TEIs and schools on the national level. Wide-scale implementation of ICT in teaching demands significant investments in infrastructure and training. Hence much of its success depends on the national vision and priorities given to this purpose.
Symposium on TPACK at SITE 2014
TPACK is recognized by many as a useful conceptual framework to help define the knowledge base teachers’ need to know to effectively integrate technology in their educational practice. However, determining whether teachers indeed have developed the knowledge and skills required for effective technology integration – or in short whether they have developed TPACK – is a much more complicated issue. This symposium discusses how artifacts are being used in assessing pre-service and practicing teachers technology integration competencies. TPACK calls for coherence between content, pedagogy and technology. The assumption is that having TPACK also implies teachers’ being able to demonstrate technology integration competencies. This assumption implies a fit between (pre-service) teachers’ TPACK (often measured through self-report instruments) and the artifacts they produce.
In this symposium we discuss how different kinds of artifacts, e.g. lesson plans and lesson practice as demonstrated in video clips can be used as an indicator of a teacher’s technology integration competencies. In this symposium we discuss different artifacts (pre-service) teachers produce in order to demonstrate that they have TPACK. In the symposium different artifacts will be discussed, such as lesson plans and video clips that show technology use in classroom practice. The symposium deals with the potential and restrictions of artifacts as indicator for technology integration, the assessment of artifacts and the relation with other TPACK measures, such as the TPACK survey from Schmidt et al. (2010). Examples from different educational contexts will be presented and discussed.
This presentation focuses on technology integration and the effective use of the ET in DoDEA classes based on a framework created by Punya Mishra and Michael Koehler of Michigan State University.
The TPACK framework has been used to prepare prospective science teachers at the Public Authority of Applied Education and Training (PAAET) in Kuwait for technology integration in education. Prospective science teachers worked in teams to design a technological solution for a pedagogical problem that teachers usually face. Prospective science teachers were separated in two groups. The first group was coached by technology, pedagogy, and content experts (human support condition). The second group (blended support condition) was supported by using a blended approach, by which they had access to an online portal with different tutorials and examples and they also had the opportunity to meet with the technology, pedagogy and content experts whenever needed. From the literature there is strong evidence that a positive teacher attitude towards technology plays a critical role in the success of the technology integration process, but only a positive attitude to use technology in education is pointless if it is not supported with the necessary skills to use technology (Christensen & Knezek, 2008). In a pre-test post test design data were collected of prospective science teachers’ attitude toward ICT, their ICT skills, and their TPACK. The study showed that the attitude towards ICT, Technological Knowledge (TK) and technological skills were increased. This implies that the prospective teachers became more competent and confident in using technology. It was also found that there was significant growth in TPACK. However, it was found that the blended support condition had a higher increase in their Technological Knowledge (TK) and Technological Pedagogical Knowledge (TPK), and their attitude toward computer as a tool for productivity and enjoyment compared to the human support condition. This indicates that the blended approach for supporting design teams could be a suitable method to enhance the development of TPACK.
TPACK + Mathematics: A Review of Current TPACK LiteratureIJITE
This paper will summarize a review of current literature on the Technology, Pedagogy and Content
Knowledge (TPACK) framework, discuss innovative technology integration in teacher preparation and
mathematics methods courses for teacher candidates studying elementary education. Themes that emerged
in the review of current TPaCKliterature included the importance of understanding the TPACK framework,
developing self efficacy, the vital role that modeling plays, how collaboration impacts and finally, just how
powerful reflection can be in the application of TPACK. This paper will examine and explain these
different themes and summarize the current literature as well as highlight trends on technology integration
and TPACK.
TPACK + MATHEMATICS: A REVIEW OF CURRENT TPACK LITERATURE IJITE
This paper will summarize a review of current literature on the Technology, Pedagogy and Content Knowledge (TPACK) framework, discuss innovative technology integration in teacher preparation and mathematics methods courses for teacher candidates studying elementary education. Themes that emerged in the review of current TPaCKliterature included the importance of understanding the TPACK framework, developing self efficacy, the vital role that modeling plays, how collaboration impacts and finally, just how powerful reflection can be in the application of TPACK. This paper will examine and explain these different themes and summarize the current literature as well as highlight trends on technology integration and TPACK.
TPACK + MATHEMATICS: A REVIEW OF CURRENT TPACK LITERATUREIJITE
This paper will summarize a review of current literature on the Technology, Pedagogy and Content Knowledge (TPACK) framework, discuss innovative technology integration in teacher preparation and mathematics methods courses for teacher candidates studying elementary education. Themes that emerged in the review of current TPaCKliterature included the importance of understanding the TPACK framework, developing self efficacy, the vital role that modeling plays, how collaboration impacts and finally, just how powerful reflection can be in the application of TPACK. This paper will examine and explain these different themes and summarize the current literature as well as highlight trends on technology integration and TPACK.
Successful Implementation of TPACK in Teacher Preparation Programs IJITE
Today’s teacher education programs should be providing pre-service teachers with ample preparation in
shifting instructional approaches enriched with innovative educational technologies. In fact as Lambert &
Gong (2010) stated “We have entered a crucial time when the technological preparation of teachers has
become an urgent problem we can no longer afford to marginalize” (p. 55). This review of literature
examines recent publications on the topic of technology in teacher preparation through the theoretical lens
of Technology, Pedagogy and Content Knowledge (TPACK) which has shown potential to emphasize a
teacher’s understanding of how technologies can be used effectively as a pedagogical tool.
Successful Implementation of TPACK in Teacher Preparation Programs IJITE
Today’s teacher education programs should be providing pre-service teachers with ample preparation in
shifting instructional approaches enriched with innovative educational technologies. In fact as Lambert &
Gong (2010) stated “We have entered a crucial time when the technological preparation of teachers has
become an urgent problem we can no longer afford to marginalize” (p. 55). This review of literature
examines recent publications on the topic of technology in teacher preparation through the theoretical lens
of Technology, Pedagogy and Content Knowledge (TPACK) which has shown potential to emphasize a
teacher’s understanding of how technologies can be used effectively as a pedagogical tool.
Successful Implementation of TPACK in Teacher Preparation ProgramsIJITE
Today’s teacher education programs should be providing pre-service teachers with ample preparation in
shifting instructional approaches enriched with innovative educational technologies. In fact as Lambert &
Gong (2010) stated “We have entered a crucial time when the technological preparation of teachers has
become an urgent problem we can no longer afford to marginalize” (p. 55). This review of literature
examines recent publications on the topic of technology in teacher preparation through the theoretical lens
of Technology, Pedagogy and Content Knowledge (TPACK) which has shown potential to emphasize a
teacher’s understanding of how technologies can be used effectively as a pedagogical tool.
Successful implementation of tpack in teacherIJITE
Today’s teacher education programs should be providing pre-service teachers with ample preparation in
shifting instructional approaches enriched with innovative educational technologies. In fact as Lambert &
Gong (2010) stated “We have entered a crucial time when the technological preparation of teachers has
become an urgent problem we can no longer afford to marginalize” (p. 55). This review of literature
examines recent publications on the topic of technology in teacher preparation through the theoretical lens
of Technology, Pedagogy and Content Knowledge (TPACK) which has shown potential to emphasize a
teacher’s understanding of how technologies can be used effectively as a pedagogical tool.
Today’s teacher education programs should be providing pre-service teachers with ample preparation in shifting instructional approaches enriched with innovative educational technologies. In fact as Lambert & Gong (2010) stated “We have entered a crucial time when the technological preparation of teachers has become an urgent problem we can no longer afford to marginalize” (p. 55). This review of literature examines recent publications on the topic of technology in teacher preparation through the theoretical lens of Technology, Pedagogy and Content Knowledge (TPACK) which has shown potential to emphasize a teacher’s understanding of how technologies can be used effectively as a pedagogical tool.
Improving understanding of pre service teacher experience with technology int...ijma
Pre-service teachers develop technology competency during their tenure in the college classroom. These
stages coincide with Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy and offer the opportunity to learn and model technology
integration. 656 pre-service education students from five universities across the United States completed a
qualitative survey aimed at identifying how they perceived technology integration throughout their teacher
education program. Three themes, corresponding to Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy, were identified; 1) preservice
teachers first identify and understand technology as a tool, 2) pre-service teachers apply technology
and analyze the process of integration, and 3) overall, pre-service teachers do not evaluate and create
technology integration experiences. The results of this study are discussed thematically in relation to
Bloom’s revised taxonomy. Limitations are discussed and recommendations for future research examined
for pre-service teacher technology training.
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The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
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Embracing GenAI - A Strategic ImperativePeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
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Phyto-Pharmacological Screening, New Strategies for evaluating
Natural Products, In vitro evaluation techniques for Antioxidants, Antimicrobial and Anticancer drugs. In vivo evaluation techniques
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June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
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Overview on Edible Vaccine: Pros & Cons with Mechanism
Site2010 tpack-symposium-proposal
1. Strategies for teacher professional development on TPACK
Abstract
This symposium reports about research on professional development strategies that
prepare pre-service teacher education students from various countries to become TPACK
competent. All strategies have in common that they use a design approach to teachers’
professional development. Pre-service teachers’ performance on a TPACK outcome
measure is also reported. The symposium particularly aims to identify characteristics of
professional development that contribute to teachers’ integration of technology and will
also include an update on the development of an assessment instrument designed to
measure teachers’ development of TPACK.
Organization of the symposium
Symposium Chair: Joke Voogt, University of Twente, the Netherlands
First hour:
- Introduction to the symposium – Joke Voogt (5 minutes)
- Contribution 1: Technology Integration in the Science Teachers Preparation Program in
Kuwait: Becoming TPACK competent through Design Teams (20 minutes)
- Contribution 2: Developing TPACK by design in a Master’s Program (20 minutes)
- Discussion with audience – 15 minutes
Second hour:
-Contribution 3: Developing Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge through
Teacher Design Teams: The case of pre-service mathematics teachers in Ghana (20
minutes)
- Contribution 4: The Development of an Instrument to Assess Teacher Development of
TPACK (20 minutes)
- Discussion with audience – 15 minutes
- Wrapping up – Joke Voogt
Introduction to the symposium
Research reveals that, although we observe an increase in the use of technology,
computers are poorly integrated into teaching and learning processes (Cox et. al., 2004;
Tondeur et. al., 2008). According to Cox et al. (2004), a gap exists between what teachers
are taught in their courses and what they are expected to do with technology in a real
classroom. In this respect, recent calls for effective technology integration stress the need
to help teachers to bridge the gap between knowledge of good pedagogical practice,
technical skills and content knowledge.
Koehler and Mishra (2008) introduced the concept Technological Pedagogical Content
Knowledge (TPCK or TPACK) to emphasize the comprehensive set of competencies
teachers need to successfully integrate technology in their educational practice. TPACK
constitutes an integrative knowledge base of technological knowledge and skills, as well
as knowledge of learners, subject matter content and pedagogy that are necessary for
2. teachers to become competent to teach with technology in the classroom. From this point
of view, a computer does not embody one single pedagogical orientation; it includes a
spectrum of approaches to teaching and learning. Clearly, no single solution exists to
address technology integration in education because different perspectives of integrating
technology can be chosen. TPACK encompasses that teachers are able to make sensible
choices in their use of technology when they have to teach specific content for a specific
target group.
The need to better align teachers’ preparation in the integration of technology with
pedagogical issues and curriculum integration is well understood (e.g McDougall, 2008;
Voogt, 2003, Law, Pelgrum & Anderson, 2008). As with any educational innovation,
teachers’ active involvement is crucial for a successful implementation of integration of
technology in schools (e.g. Fullan, 2007). Several large scale studies (Garet, Porter,
Desimone, Birman, & Yoon, 2001; Penuel, Fishman, Yamaguchi, & Gallagher, 2007)
investigated the relation between teacher professional development strategies and the
quality of implementation of curriculum innovations. Findings from these studies reveal
specific features of the professional development arrangement that mattered for the
implementation of innovations, such as integration of technology. From the perspective
of curriculum implementation professional development arrangements are effective when
they focus on subject matter content and skills, provide opportunities for active learning
(exposing teachers to actual practice) and are coherent with other learning activities
(embedding teacher learning in the local context). Related to these core features, specific
formats added to the effectiveness of professional development arrangements:
accommodation of follow up support, stretched across longer periods of time and
provision of opportunities for group support and collaboration. These features of effective
professional development provide an empirical basis for so called curriculum-based
professional development arrangements that aim to contribute to the implementation of a
curriculum innovation, such as integration of technology.
Contributions
Technology Integration in the Science Teachers Preparation Program in Kuwait:
Becoming TPACK competent through Design Teams
Ghaida M Alayyar, PAAET, Kuwait, Petra Fisser & Joke Voogt, University of Twente,
The Netherlands
The research studies the integration of technology in the science teacher preparation
program in Kuwait at the Public Authority of Applied Education and Training (PAAET)
aiming at preparing prospective teachers to work in the school of the 21st century.
The TPACK framework is used as a starting point for designing a course where
prospective student-teachers are prepared to integrate technology in elementary science
education. In the course a group of 50 science students had to design and implement a
technology application in small groups (3-4 persons) for elementary science education.
During the design the small groups were coached by subject matter, pedagogical and
technology experts. Data were collected on students’ TPACK competencies (Schmidt et
al. 2009), their attitudes towards technology, their perception on collaborative group
work, their appreciation of the new course and the quality of their products.
3. Developing TPACK by design in a Master’s Program
Punya Mishra, Matthew J. Koehler, Tae Seob Shin, Leigh Graves Wolf, & Mike
DeSchryver, Michigan State University
As evidenced by Koehler and Mishra’s (2005) study, the “learning technology by design”
is an effective instructional technique to develop deeper understanding of TPACK. In this
study, we introduce an intense educational technology course sequence designed to create
an experience that would expose in-teachers to ideas and skills from educational
technology that can be incorporated into their own teaching. These experiences happen in
cohort based summer study programs with students who are experienced educators.
These programs include a unique face to face context in Europe in and a hybrid format
for in-state educators. During the course, participants worked on a range of assignments
that required them to learn and use technology in multiple pedagogical contexts including
developing digital video, writing a technology based grant proposal, exploring web 2.0
technologies, and designing a personal web portfolio. The analysis of pre and post-test
data showed that in-service teachers’ understanding of TK, TCK, TPK, and TPACK
improved as a result of their course experience.
Developing Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge through Teacher Design
Teams: The case of pre-service mathematics teachers in Ghana
Douglas Agyei, University of Cape Coast, Ghana, & Joke Voogt, University of Twente,
The Netherlands
Although many studies have shown the need to better align teachers’ preparation in the
integration of technology in classroom practice, most teachers in Ghana have not had any
preparation that develops their technology pedagogical content knowledge (TPCK).This
paper presents a case study of four pre-service mathematics teachers at the University of
Cape Coast, Ghana; who worked in two design teams to develop lessons and
subsequently teach in a technology-based environment for the first time. To make them
familiar with technology use in mathematics teaching the pre-service teachers first
discussed and used exemplary lesson materials, which were prepared by the researcher.
Based on this experience the pre-service teachers designed their own technology-based
lessons, which they taught to a group of pre-service teachers. Interview, observation, and
survey data were collected throughout the study. The study revealed key attributes of a
professional development scenario to foster growth of pre-service teachers in TPCK.
The Development of an Instrument to Assess Teacher Development of TPACK
Denise Schmidt, Evrim Baran,& Ann Thompson, Iowa State University
A research group including faculty and students from both Michigan State University and
Iowa State University have been working on the creation and validation of an instrument
designed to assess the development of TPACK in pre-service teachers (Schmidt et al.,
2009). Current work on the instrument will be shared. The instrument is used at the
beginning and end of an introductory pre-service teacher technology course. Results
suggest that with a minor modification of the survey items, the survey is a reliable and
4. valid instrument that will help educators design longitudinal studies to assess pre-service
teachers’ development of TPACK. Results also indicated statistically significant gains in
all seven TPACK components.
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