Share Paper: Determining Teachers’ TPACK through observations and self-report data

  1. Douglas Agyei, University of Cape Coast-Ghana, Ghana
  2. Joke Voogt, University of Twente, Netherlands
Thursday, March 10 10:15 AM-11:15 AM Tulip Grove F

Abstract: This study reports an arrangement directed at the development of 12 pre-service teachers’ TPACK, by guiding them in developing, practicing and teaching lessons that integrate technology for the first time. Interview, observation, and survey data were collected throughout the study. Results from the study confirmed the contention of Koehler and Mishra (2008) that teachers’ TPACK can be expressed in different ways for different students and in different contextual conditions. Analysis of lesson plan documents showed a well presented theoretical development of the teachers’ TPACK. This seemed to have aligned with their self-reported beliefs which reported slightly higher competencies of TPACK. ...