Share Paper: Investigating Preservice Teachers' TPACK and Integration of TPACK into PK-6 Curriculum

  1. Ozlem Karakaya, Iowa State University, United States
  2. Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford, Iowa State University, United States
  3. Yi Jin, Iowa State University, United States
Wednesday, March 8 3:00-3:20 PM Capitol F

Abstract: This study attempts to explore if an introductory educational technology course changes preservice teachers' TPACK using a survey on a pre- and post-test design and investigate to what extent preservice teachers of Elementary and Early Childhood Education majors integrate digital technologies into their lesson plans. Students` responses to the TPACK survey (Schmidt et al., 2009) and lesson plan rubric scores (Harris, Grandgenett & Hofer, 2010) were collected in our study. Paired samples t-test, holistic ratings of lesson plans and descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data. Results indicate that preservice students' TPACK shows a positive progress through the semester. ...