{"title":"Beyond Apps in Pre-Service Education","authors":"Lesley Wilton, Clare Brett","doi":"10.4018/978-1-5225-7001-1.CH004","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This chapter presents a multiyear case study in a two-year graduate teacher education program at a large urban university in Canada. This research studies how the incorporation of the TPACK theoretical framework and the concept of global competencies supports pre-service candidates' depth of pedagogical understandings when integrating technology into teaching practice. Online surveys were conducted with students attending a compulsory information and communications technology (ICT) course. Five instances of the course across a four-year time span were studied. Online questionnaires were also given to students and five instructors. Four themes were identified by students and instructors: (1) TPACK helps students integrate the three kinds of knowledge, (2) TPACK allows a focus on pedagogy by defocusing on technology, (3) TPACK is a robust theory, and (4) TPACK takes time to integrate into practice. This chapter offers teacher education program recommendations and suggests directions for future research.","PeriodicalId":256420,"journal":{"name":"Handbook of Research on TPACK in the Digital Age","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Handbook of Research on TPACK in the Digital Age","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7001-1.CH004","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This chapter presents a multiyear case study in a two-year graduate teacher education program at a large urban university in Canada. This research studies how the incorporation of the TPACK theoretical framework and the concept of global competencies supports pre-service candidates' depth of pedagogical understandings when integrating technology into teaching practice. Online surveys were conducted with students attending a compulsory information and communications technology (ICT) course. Five instances of the course across a four-year time span were studied. Online questionnaires were also given to students and five instructors. Four themes were identified by students and instructors: (1) TPACK helps students integrate the three kinds of knowledge, (2) TPACK allows a focus on pedagogy by defocusing on technology, (3) TPACK is a robust theory, and (4) TPACK takes time to integrate into practice. This chapter offers teacher education program recommendations and suggests directions for future research.