4) TPACK

What is TPACK?

Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) attempts to identify the nature of knowledge required by teachers for technology integration in their teaching, while addressing the complex, multifaceted and situated nature of teacher knowledge. The TPACK framework extends Shulman’s idea of Pedagogical Content Knowledge.

At the heart of the TPACK framework, is the complex interplay of three primary forms of knowledge: Content (CK), Pedagogy (PK), and Technology (TK). The TPACK approach goes beyond seeing these three knowledge bases in isolation. TPACK also emphasizes the new kinds of knowledge that lie at the intersections between them, representing four more knowledge bases teachers applicable to teaching with technology: Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK), Technological Content Knowledge (TCK), Technological Pedagogical Knowledge (TPK), and the intersection of all three circles, Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK).

Effective technology integration for pedagogy around specific subject matter requires developing sensitivity to the dynamic, transactional relationship between these components of knowledge situated in unique contexts. Individual teachers, grade-level, school-specific factors, demographics, culture, and other factors ensure that every situation is unique, and no single combination of content, technology, and pedagogy will apply for every teacher, every course, or every view of teaching.

More details

A more detailed explanation of TPACK is also available at its website.

For those interested to find out more about TPACK lesson packages the following areas:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_pedagogical_content_knowledge

https://www.sophia.org/tutorials/lesson-planning-with-tpack-4

For Math:
https://tpack.ehe.osu.edu/module-2-practice-examples/

https://sites.google.com/a/aea11.k12.ia.us/activitytypesiacore/math

For Science:

https://www.sophia.org/tutorials/lesson-planning-with-tpack-5

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