Exploring the technological and pedagogical knowledge (tpk) of university teachers
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2017
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UMT.Lahore
Abstract
Main objective was to understand the impact of gender and level of education on university ’ use of technology and their pedagogical practices. This mix-methods embedded study was conducted to explore the Technological and Pedagogical Knowledge of university teachers (TPK). Population and sample for this study was 430 permanent teachers working at a private urban university in Pakistan. Valid and reliable instrument adapted for this study was TPACK, the TPK part. Data was collected in two steps; in first step from university teachers through e-mails, hand delivered questionnaires and in second step through personal interviews of university teachers. A total of 120 valid responses were analyzed in SPSS to obtain TPK’s impact on the two main variables i.e. gender and level of education. Parametric and non-parametric statistics (descriptive tables and t-test/independent sample) were applied. According to the results, there was no significant relation found between Gender and learning new technologies, a significant relation between Highest level of education of respondents and their use of technology and a significant relation found between the highest level of education of respondents and the Pedagogical Knowledge (PK) area. There is no significant relation found between both gender and highest level of education of respondents on the Technological Pedagogical Knowledge (TPK) area. Qualitative responses were analyzed using color coding and four themes emerged about impact of technology on students’ performance; students’ relations, teachers’ performance and pedagogy. It’s suggested that university teachers’ experiences must be considered while developing and implementing new policies for a better understanding of TPK.
Keywords: Technological Pedagogical Knowledge in Pakistan, TPACK, TPK in Pakistan, University teachers in Pakistan.