The Effect of Instructional Technology and Material Design Course to Teacher Candidates’ Gaining of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge Competencies

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) Competencies of teacher candidates in Turkish Teaching department of Mevlana (Rumi) University and the effect of Instructional Technology and Material Design (ITMD) Course on TPACK. The study is a study of quantitative type and single-group pretest-posttest experimental design has been used. The study has been conducted in the spring semester of 2013/2014 academic year, candidates who are studying in 2nd class of Turkish teaching department in Education Faculty of Mevlana (Rumi) University. In this study, Sahin (2011)'s Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) Survey has been used. The survey is a 5 point likert type survey and it has 47 items in total. This survey has been applied as pre-test in the classroom to the students who participated in the study. After a period of 10 weeks, the same survey has been applied again to the same students as post-test and thus, pre-test/posttest data has been obtained for the study. According to the findings of the study, TPACK levels of Turkish teacher candidates who participated in the study have been differentiated significantly in terms of all the subscales of the survey. In the light of this study, it can be said that TPACK model plays a leading role on the subject of teachers' needs about technology, pedagogy and content in order to ensure professional development of teachers.

Blended Learning Approach to Develop the Teachers’ TPACK

“…It can be assumed that the participants had already acquired the necessary knowledge of ICT usage after the intervention. This result is consistent with the findings of the studies done by Baran et al (2011), Papanikolaou (2014), Sezer (2015), and Tozkoparan et al (2015) who all found that TPACK model plays a leading role on the subject of teachers' needs about technology, pedagogy and content in order to ensure professional development of teachers. Ultimately, TPACK has provided a valuable tool for assessing teacher knowledge in the area of technology integration.…”