1. Technological Pedagogical Content
Knowledge: A Framework for Teacher
Knowledge
Presented by Rianna Lopez

2. Reading for Week 4
This presentation is based on the following reading, as part of the Master of
Education topic EDUC 9701 Effective Use of ICT for Learning & Teaching:
Mishra, P & Koehler, MJ. (2006). Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge: A
Framework for Teacher Knowledge. Teachers College Record, 108(6), 1017-1054.

3. Pedagogy & Content
Pedagogy
 process and practice/methods of teaching and learning
Content
 subject matter to be learned and taught (p. 1025)
 Historically, the focus was on the content knowledge of the teacher
 Then it shifted to pedagogy and general pedagogical classroom practices as separate
to subject matter (p. 1020)
Content Pedagogy

4. Pedagogical Content Knowledge
 Shulman’s (1986) notion of PCK - Pedagogical Content Knowledge demonstrates that
pedagogy and content are not isolated from each other
 “How subject matter are organised, adapted, and represented for instruction” (p.
1021)
PCK:
Content
Knowledge
Pedagogical
knowledge

5. Pedagogy, Content & Technology
 Three main components of learning environments
 How do we define technology? Examples?
 Old technologies
 standard and stable
 New technologies
 require teachers to constantly learn new skills
and techniques
 Knowledge of technology is often seen as separate
to knowledge of content and pedagogy
C
T
P

6. TPCK: Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge
 Good teaching requires an “understanding
of how technology relates to pedagogy and
content” (p. 1026)
 ‘Knowledge about content (C), pedagogy, (P)
and technology (T) is central for developing
good teaching’ (p. 1025)
 This framework “emphasises the
connections, interactions, affordances and
constraints between and among content,
pedagogy and technology” (p. 1025) by
building on Shulman’s (1986) notion of PCK
 Examples in teaching & learning
C
T
P

7. TPCK: Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge
 7 domains:
 Content Knowledge
 Pedagogical Knowledge
 Pedagogical Content Knowledge
 Technological Knowledge
 Technological Content Knowledge
 Technological Pedagogical Knowledge
 Technological Pedagogical Content
Knowledge
C
T
P

8. Discussion Group Questions
 Complete the blank TPCK diagram by identifying and labelling the 7 parts
 Each participant choose one of the parts and give an example of how it looks in your
teaching/training context (see p. 1026)
 How would knowledge of the TPCK Framework benefit you/other teachers in your
context?

9. In summary
 TPCK is a conceptual framework for educational technology, building on PCK by teachers
integrating technology into their pedagogy.
 Supports & links to:
 constructivist teaching & inquiry based learning
 Teachers’ Professional Development
 Learning technology by design
 Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT)
 Based on the understanding that teaching is ‘a highly complex activity…occurring in an ill-
structured, dynamic environment’ (p.1020).