Using the TPACK Framework in Continuous Professional Teacher Development

 

            

    The TPACK framework created by Mishra and Koehler in 2006, which emphasizes technological knowledge (TK), pedagogical knowledge (PK), and content knowledge (CK), provides a useful solution to many of the problems teachers encounter when integrating educational technology (edtech) into their classrooms. The TPACK framework describes how content (what is being taught) and pedagogy (how the instructor imparts that content) must form the basis for any successful edtech integration by discriminating between these three forms of knowledge. This arrangement is crucial because, in order to improve students' learning experiences, technology must both communicate the information and complement the pedagogy.