Share Paper: Preservice teachers’ pedagogical reasoning and technology integration: the case of the missing click

  1. Ottavia Trevisan, University of Padova, Italy
  2. Anneke Smits, Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
Wednesday, April 13 1:45 PM-2:15 PM Tidepool 3

Abstract: Teachers reasoning on teaching, learning, and technologies impacts greatly technological integration in education. However, the relationship between teachers’ pedagogical reasoning (PR) and technological pedagogical reasoning (TPR) can prove tricky. Preservice teachers initially shape their (T)PR in teacher training institutes and during their internships, following developmental paths influenced also by personal beliefs on the profession. In this qualitative study, we used focused interviews to probe the quality and alignment of 37 preservice teachers’ (T)PR as enacted during internships. The PR Flourish Model was used as an interpretative lens for pedagogical reasoning quality, while the Interactive Constructive Active Passive framework (ICAP) served ...