In one of my first posts to this blog, I touched on the TPACK framework shown below:
Reproduced by permission of the publisher, © 2012 by tpack.org
This framework aims to give educators a picture of where technology and the associated knowledge of how to use it should fit into the classroom. As you can see, they've defined different types of knowledge - Pedagogical (how to teach), Content (what to teach) and Technological (familiarity with technology). Teachers can have any combination of these types of knowledge, with the ideal being in the centre where teachers have "TPACK". So where do you fit? Where do I fit? As a student teacher, I feel my Content knowledge is good, and my Technological knowledge is also quite good having worked in technology in my former career. So right now I probably sit in the TCK and I'm aiming to improve my pedagogy as I continue my degree and new career.
I quite like the TPACK framework as it doesn't place any type of knowledge above another - balance is the key to ensuring that you know your content, you teach it well and you integrate technology in a seamless way. By doing this technology enhances pedagogy and improves learning outcomes rather than distracting from the core aims of education.
Michelle,
ReplyDeleteI find the TPACK model helpful as well, especially since I am a digital novice. It gives some high level structure to considerations of ICT. It is clearly pro-ICT, but that is fine.
Dominic Regan.
Hi Dominic, I agree, it is definitely pro-ICT but as you say that is fine. What I particularly like though is that it is also pro pedagogy and content knowledge :-)
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