TPACK - a framework for technology integration
Hello, I am very much interested in a a framework called "TPACK."
Technology
Pedagogy
Content Knowledge
The intersection of these three domains for any given educator intrigues me and obviously the academic community as well due to the growing body of academic research on it.
In summary it is the"essential qualities of knowledge required by teachers for technology integration in their teaching." Personally, I believe it is the key to effective technology integration in any given school district. I would like to begin a discussion here on this very topic. The purpose is two-fold:
1) Increase the general awareness of the TPACK framework so that others in this network may benefit (Reach out)
2) Bring together like-minded individuals who are already familiar with the framework to expand upon our current working knowledge and understanding of its implications on teaching and the diffusion of educational technology (Reach in)
With that in mind, please post below if you are interested in joining this conversation. I will post several other TPACK (formerly known as 'TPCK') resources below to help those unfamiliar with it get started.
TPACK home at Punya Mishra's Michigan State University webpage.
The original article as published in TCR.
An entertaining video by Mishra and Koehler from a keynote on TPACK.
(More to come, if others are interested)
Technology
Pedagogy
Content Knowledge
The intersection of these three domains for any given educator intrigues me and obviously the academic community as well due to the growing body of academic research on it.
In summary it is the"essential qualities of knowledge required by teachers for technology integration in their teaching." Personally, I believe it is the key to effective technology integration in any given school district. I would like to begin a discussion here on this very topic. The purpose is two-fold:
1) Increase the general awareness of the TPACK framework so that others in this network may benefit (Reach out)
2) Bring together like-minded individuals who are already familiar with the framework to expand upon our current working knowledge and understanding of its implications on teaching and the diffusion of educational technology (Reach in)
With that in mind, please post below if you are interested in joining this conversation. I will post several other TPACK (formerly known as 'TPCK') resources below to help those unfamiliar with it get started.
TPACK home at Punya Mishra's Michigan State University webpage.
The original article as published in TCR.
An entertaining video by Mishra and Koehler from a keynote on TPACK.
(More to come, if others are interested)
Tags: change, in-service, knowledge, pedagogy, pre-service, technology, tpack, tpck
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Michelina Thornton on -
I am in the process of researching this topic for an Action Research class and came across this framework. I am interested in helping teachers integrate technology across all content areas.
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Permalink Reply by Matt Townsley on -
What other frameworks are you researching, Michelina? What is the intended scope of your AR project?
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Permalink Reply by Matt Townsley on
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For those new to the framework, here's a great discussion about why it has so much potential to impact the way we view instructional technology.
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Permalink Reply by Matt Townsley on
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Right on, Mandy. From a teacher's point of view, it's easy to get wrapped up in today's latest technology tools. "Wikis...that sounds cool! How do I use them?" or "Blogs....I think my students could do that!" While these both have great potential, they may not be the "right" tool for the particular concept or classroom. I liked your emphasis on being "pedagogically sound." What "works" in one discipline may not be best practice in another.
Just out of curiosity, where did you first hear about TPACK, Mandy?
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Permalink Reply by Treva Emter on -
This sums up my experience and frustration. I am using TPACK as a framework to make Administrators aware of what is needed to support teachers in successfully integrating technology into their practice.
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Permalink Reply by punya mishra on -
Mandy, I could not agree more. It seems to me that this integration of T, P & C can be difficult to achieve. This is part of the reason why my interest has begun to shift in the past year or so into trying to better understand teacher creativity. (A part of the keynote presentation liked to above deals with that as well). It seems to me that it is only through an emphasis on teacher agency and creativity that we can hope to find solutions that balance all three.
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Permalink Reply by punya mishra on
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Mandy, you are right about institutional barriers as being an important issue and that is one of the things that I am intrigued by. One thing that I believe that even in the most rigid of conditions there is always some wiggle room for teacher creativity (creativity with a little "c" rather than Creativity with a capital 'C"). The most important part of it needs to come from the teacher ... what these propensities are, and how they can be best nurtured, is what I would like to better understand.
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Permalink Reply by punya mishra on
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Wish I could claim credit for that, subtle yet crucial distinction, but it was Czsiksentmihaly (I am sure I messed up the spelling of that name!) who talked about it in his book on Creativity. Too often we think of big "C" creativity - which I think is setting the bar too high (not everyone can be a Picasso or Einstein) - and forget little "c."
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Permalink Reply by Matt Townsley on
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You choose the tool?
A blogger I follow has posed a question about students choosing their own technology tools. While I agree in theory, I wonder how this fits in with the TPACK framework.
Thoughts?
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Permalink Reply by punya mishra on
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Matt, TPACK is a framework for teacher knowledge. So though it can make pedagogical sense to have students select their own technology tools, clearly the teacher needs to have some knowledge of what these tools can do (what we have called the "zone of possibility" of a given technology). This does not mean that the teacher needs to know all these tools in detail - however it does mean three key things: (a) that the teacher has willingness to learn enough of these new tools the students bring in to understand how they can be best used; (b) that the teacher be comfortable with ambiguity and the loss of control that comes with it; and (c) that the teacher have a strong level of comfort with Pedagogy and Content that they can modify them given what these new tools can do. P and C cannot be subservient to T (irrespective of who brings T to the table).
I have had this situation come up often enough in professional development courses that I teach - that I have learned to be comfortable with both. That said, the situation would be quite different in a K-12 classroom, where I think we often over-estimate how much students know of these new tools (as you indicated in your comment to the above post).
In brief, the TPACK framework is not against students selecting their own tools. In fact I would argue the TPACK framework becomes even more important as a way of understanding the kind of knowledge a teacher needs in these fluid contexts, particularly given the rapid rate of technology change.
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Permalink Reply by Matt Townsley on
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The latest issue of CITE Journal is dedicated to TPACK. Happy reading!
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Permalink Reply by punya mishra on
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A couple of more resources to add to those already listed by Matt.
1. The TPACK wiki at http://www.tpack.org/ is a good resource for current work in the area. Incidentally the diagram above is an older version. The latest version can be downloaded from the wiki. The most important change that has occurred in the diagram has been the addition of somewhat permeable "context" around the current venn diagram.
2. There is now a TPACK newsletter that one can sign up for. It goes out once every month or two and contains latest news about articles, conference presentations, professional development activity etc. You can find archived copies of the newsletter as well as information for signing up at my website http://punya.educ.msu.edu
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