Investigation of Technological Pedagogy Content Knowledge of Pre-Service Science and Technology Teachers

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) of 3rd and 4th year prospective science teachers, enrollment at the faculty of education, with respect to the technological knowledge (TK), pedagogical knowledge (PK), content knowledge (CK), technological pedagogical knowledge (TPC), pedagogical content knowledge (PCK), and information in the technological content (TPC). These knowledge types are intersection of the sub-dimensions to determine whether the relationship between TPACK items exist. For this purpose, data were collected from 157 teacher candidates. Erciyes University, Department of Science Education was selected for the study. The results of the study revealed that there exists a relationship among technological pedagogical knowledge, technological content knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge. In addition, there is no correlation between teacher candidates’ technological knowledge and pedagogical knowledge and also between technological pedagogical and content knowledge

Keywords

• Pedagojik alan bilgisi
• pedagoji
• fen eğitimi
• teknoloji bilgisi
• Pedagogical content knowledge
• pedagogy
• science education
• technological knowledge