Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

 

Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) provides educators with a multi faced knowledge foundation designed for technology integration. To assist educators in the comprehension of this framework Mishar & Koehler (2006) have composed an informative document of how to approach these components not as single bodies of knowledge, rather the overlaying relationships that are formed to formulate TPACK.

 

The three overlaying forms of knowledge that formulate TPACK are:

Content Knowledge (CK)

Pedagogical Knowledge (PK)

Technological Knowledge (TK)

These overlying sections form new forms of knowledge that are referred to as:

Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK)

Technological Content Knowledge (TCK) 

Technological Pedagogical Knowledge (TPK) 

The connection of all of these three sections together is:

 Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

It is vital that as educators we have the knowledge of current information communication technologies (ICT) to engage and extend learners of the 21st century.