Share Paper: Reinventing TPACK, STEM Teaching and Leadership in an Urban Context

  1. Punya Mishra, Michigan State University, United States
  2. Leigh Graves-Wolf, Michigan State University, United States
  3. Sonya Gunnings-Moton, Michigan State University, United States
  4. Christopher Seals, Michigan State University, United States
  5. Rohit Mehta, Michigan State University, United States
  6. Inese Berzina, Michigan State University, United States
  7. Swati Mehta, Michigan State University, United States
  8. Akesha Horton, Michigan State University, United States
  9. Kyle Shack, Michigan State University, United States
  10. Candace Marcotte, Michigan State University, United States
  11. Missy Cosby, Michigan State University, United States
  12. Dakota Pawlicki, Chicago Public Schools, United States
Wednesday, March 23 3:00 PM-4:00 PM Regency D

Abstract: This symposium discusses the pedagogical make up and impact of the MSU-Wipro UrbanSTEM & Leadership Fellowship program on teacher practices, efficacy, and competence. We will describe our instructional approach, which uses the educative experience (Dewey, 1938) involving real world, hands-on engagement with technological devices, pedagogies, and teachers’ relationships to STEM content. Our fellowship program is driven by TPACK (Technology Pedagogical Content Knowledge) (Mishra & Koehler, 2006) framework. We will discuss curriculum and practices highlighting several teachers from program. Specifically, we will focus on their teaching experiences showcasing how they creatively integrate technology into their pedagogical practices, with an emphasis on ...