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Handbook of Research on TPACK in the Digital Age
Triad of courses taken during pre-service teachers’ second semester after admission to the elementary education program in this case study (typically the junior year or undergraduate degree program). The block included a course on methods for teaching reading, methods for teaching language arts, and a literacy-focused practicum experience in the partner school district.
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Creating Laboratories of Practice for Developing Preservice Elementary Teachers' TPACK: A Programmatic Approach
Amanda Thomas (University of Nebraska – Lincoln, USA) and Guy Trainin (University of Nebraska – Lincoln, USA)
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 18
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7001-1.ch008
Abstract
This case study outlines the components and outcomes of a program-wide approach to transforming elementary pre-service teachers' technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK). The approach emphasized the creation of laboratories of practice in which pre-service teachers learned about and enacted technology for teaching and learning. Pre-service teachers developed TPACK through carefully designed and scaffolded learning experiences in technology and content methods coursework, internship experiences, and student teaching. The case offers descriptions and outcomes within a mathematics methods course and across eleven cohorts of student teachers. TPACK survey results at the beginning and end of one course of the program, and measures of TPACK-efficacy and frequency of technology integration at the end of the program indicate that the programmatic approach led to TPACK growth among pre-service teachers.
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Use of a Metacognitive Tool to Facilitate Teacher Reflection in an Online Graduate Literacy Course
A set time period within the instructional day to focus on instruction in reading, writing, and other English language arts.
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