TPACK

Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge

By: Rhoderick B. Bigueja | BCC College Instructor
What is TPACK?
✓ A useful model for educators as they
begin to use digital tools and
strategies to support teaching and
learning.
✓ Developed by educational
researchers Mishra and Kohler (2006)
✓ It is designed around the idea that
content (what you teach) and
pedagogy (how you teach) must be
the basis for any technology that
you plan to use in your classroom to
enhance learning.
Content Knowledge (CK)

Content ✓ Teachers’ own

Knowledge knowledge of the
(CK) subject matter
 Pedagogical Knowledge (PK)

✓ The art of teaching

✓ Teachers’
knowledge of the Pedagogical Content ✓ Teachers’ own
practices, processes, Knowledge Knowledge knowledge of the
and methods (PK) (CK) subject matter
regarding teaching
and learning
 Technological Knowledge (TK)
✓ Teachers’
knowledge of, and
ability to use, various
technologies,
Technological
technological tools,
Knowledge and associated
(TK) resources

✓ The art of teaching

✓ Teachers’
knowledge of the Pedagogical Content ✓ Teachers’ own
practices, processes, Knowledge Knowledge knowledge of the
and methods (PK) (CK) subject matter
regarding teaching
and learning
Pedagogical Content Knowledge
(PCK)
Technological
✓ The knowledge that Knowledge
teachers have about their (TK)

content and the

knowledge that they have
about how teach that Pedagogical Content
Knowledge PCK Knowledge
specific content (PK) (CK)
✓ “What to teach and the
best way to teach it”
Technological Pedagogical
Knowledge (TPK)
✓ Set of skills which teachers Technological
develop to identify the best Knowledge
technology to support a (TK)
particular pedagogical
approach TPK

Pedagogical Content
Knowledge PCK Knowledge
(PK) (CK)
Technological Content Knowledge
(TCK)
✓ Set of skills which teachers
acquire to help identify the
Technological best technologies to support
Knowledge their students as they learn
(TK) content.
TPK TCK

Pedagogical Content
Knowledge PCK Knowledge
(PK) (CK)
 ✓ The end result of these various
combinations and interests,
Technological drawing from them – and from
Knowledge the three larger underlying
(TK) areas of content, pedagogy,
and technology – in order to
TPK TCK create an effective basis for
TPACK teaching using educational
Pedagogical Content
Knowledge PCK Knowledge
technology
(PK) (CK)
In order for teachers to make effective use of
the TPACK framework, they should be open to
certain key ideas, including:

 concepts from the content being taught can be

represented using technology,
 pedagogical techniques can communicate content in
different ways using technology,
 different content concepts require different skill levels
from students, and Edtech can help address some of
these requirements,
In order for teachers to make effective use of
the TPACK framework, they should be open to
certain key ideas, including:

 students come into the classroom with different

backgrounds – including prior educational experience
and exposure to technology – and lessons utilizing
Edtech should account for this possibility,
 educational technology can be used in tandem with
students’ existing knowledge, helping them either
strengthen prior epistemologies or develop new ones.