TPACK in plain english (because thats the only way I understand it)

TPACK stands for:



TPACK is a concept developed to show an idealised way to teach using a visual representation of 3 knowledge circles.

Each ring represents a different type of teaching knowledge. The technological ring represents a persons knowledge of technology. So, their knowledge of how to use different softwares etc. The content ring represents the knowledge of what is to be taught to students. This is the specific contents, such as engllish, art, science, etc. The final ring is for pedagogical knowledge, which is the knowledge of how to teach something to someone. You may know a lot about computers and mathematics, but don't know how to go about teaching that knowledge to someone; thats a lack of pedagogical knowledge.

These rings connect at four points which represent the combined knowledge of teaching.

Technological and Content Knowledge is where there is knowledge of technology and content but not pedegogy; so the knowledge can't be taught. Technological and Pedagogical Knowledge is when there is knowldge of how to teach technologies, but not in a particular context. Content and Pedagogical Knowledge is where there is knowledge of how to teach content, but not technology within the content. The centre join is TPACK, where all the forms of knowledge are present.

The creators of TPACK later added another aspect to TPACK which was 'context' (seen as a broken circle around the outside). Which represents the context in which this knowledge is being used (eg, primary or secondary education). The aim of context was to show that the use of the knowledge will differ, depending on the context in which it was being used.

Koehler, M. (2011, May 13). What is TPACK? Retrieved from TPACK - technological pedagogical and content knowledge: just another Dr Matthew J. Koehler site: www.tpck.org