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Spiral In, Spiral Out: the TPACK model for secondary English learning activities and teacher professional development and evaluation

Michael Sisley

Teaching Teachers for the Future (TTF) Project

Thirty-nine teaching universities

Fifty thousand preservice teachers

Focus on National Curriculum

UC chooses English & History

TPACK@UC facilitator, Robert Fitzgerald, Director of the Inspire Centre, UC collaboration with ACTDET

TTF Project #2

Many of the heavies of education technology: Romeo, Albion, Finger, Watt,

Holkner and many more

Toni Downes, ACDE President

Delays, regrouping in Education Services Australia

Three major phases: TPACK surveys for all (50,000)

preservice students Most Significant Change “to

demonstrate the impact on ICTE curriculum & pedagogy”

Report and ongoing > May 2012

TTF Project #3

Each teaching institution has a Coordinator and an ICT Pedagogy OfficerThe Project is to be ongoing, sustainableIt’s all about ICT in education, starting with teacher educationAll universities encouraged to research and publish – aimed at conferences in 2012,

such the strand of ‘It’s time to prepare’at ACEC 2012

ESA

•Development of resources directly related to TPACK•Tested by ICTPOs and others – just arrived!•Several on Scootle, except History

TTF Project #5

Learning technologies audit: Semester 1, 2011 and Winter, 2011Core Moodle use for

unit outlines, PDFs, links and texts on e-Reserve

Some use of Mahara e-Portfolio (NZ)

Thirty-nine (39) different services used, mostly Web2

No IWB use

TTF Project #4

•Survey instruments supported by previous trials, research & successes•Provides an agreed, quantitative base•Links to TPACK.org and many other groups•MSC & end survey

Why TPACK?

“TPACK supports teachers in using their knowledge about technology, pedagogy, content, learners, and context to provide transformative teaching and learning experiences.” ESA (2011) ‘Who am I’. Year 2 level Australian Curriculum: English resource. Retrieved 1 August, 2011, from http://www.ttf.edu.au/english-f-4/introduction/making-meaning-through-text,-images-and-audio-%5Bpi-e-f-4%5D.html

From Shulman’s PCK to TPACK

TPACK Model builds on Shulman’s (1986, 1987) interest in pedagogical and content knowledge and the intersection of these domains, pedagogical content knowledge

Koehler and Mishra’s TPACK Model (2009) extends Shulman’s Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) further by introducing technological knowledge

TPACK and grounded theory: learning activity types Collaborative

collections of learning activities linked to technologies

Over 270 academic papers in Mendeley site for TPACK

Text and conference stream from ISTE

Playful, involved community of teachers and academics

SlowAlan, CC3.0Aus

Remember the Venn: focus on the centre

JaneFox26, CC3.0Aus

Acknowledging the ‘wicked problem’ of teaching with technology“it is acknowledged

that solutions are difficult due to ‘complex interdependencies among a large number of contextually bound variables’” (Mishra & Koehler, 2006, p.9)

Wicked problems need creative solutions“I love the idea about technology

being a ‘wicked problem’ and that there aren’t quick easy answers that will work for everyone; that teachers will need to look at their specific circumstances and creatively work towards a solution that will probably not ever be completely resolved. I love the idea that it’s a constant work in progress, much like a piece of art.” (Spires, Zheng & Pruden, 2011)

Unpacking TPACK

Jaipal, K. & Figg, C. (2010). Unpacking the “Total PACKage”: Emergent TPACK Characteristics From a Study of Preservice Teachers Teaching With Technology. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 18(3), 415-441. Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

What is the context for this class?

Context: NAPLAN results, affordances of school resources

NAPLAN results

Similar schools

ICT affordances and constraints: occasional wicked problemsBlocked sites come

from any ICT Coordinator, in any school

Webooks still in the cupboard – profiles not established

The teacher, the students in the class before

Australian Curriculum English Yr9

Curriculum approach - CK

Australian Curriculum English Yr9

Backward design by outcomes

Aligning to unit outlines

School platform curriculum

Year 9 can cover Science Fiction (SF)

Texts ancient and more modern:‘Flowers for

Algernon’

A few videosStrong responses

from previous years

Short texts for the Year 9 Cyborgs The stories include: ‘Robbie’ (1940), ‘True Love’ (1977) and

‘Robot Dreams’ (1986) by Isaac Asimov ‘Skirmish’ (1977), by Clifford Simak ‘EPICAC’ (1950) by Kurt Vonnegut Junior and ‘A Word from the FAMily’ (2010) by Anders

Brink Poetry: ‘All watched over by machines of loving

grace’ (1968), by Richard Brautigan Visual texts: ‘Machine Love’ (2004), written and directed

by George Pak ‘The Measure of a Man’ (1989), directed by

Robert Sheerer and written by Michael Snodgrass

‘Wall-e’ (2008), directed by Andrew Stanton and

‘Warhead’(1997), directed by William Kolbe

Curriculum resources – CK & PK

Scootle resources searched by content descriptors

Resources linked by theme, context of the group

Considerations of the group and the outcomes for choices

ICT elaborations – CK, PK & TK

ACCE & AITSL collaboration: ICT elaborations or dimensionsSeems like a great

many overlaps, but ...No sense of

improvement Stress on the tool, not

the way knowledge is changed/built with technologies

MindTools or Cyborgs

Drawing in: PCK, TCK & PTK

Decisions for TPACK planning: grounded tech

Learning Activity Types (LATs):TPACK community collaboration

Learning Activity Types (LATs):TPACK community collaboration

Learning Activity Types (LATs):TPACK community collaboration

cLc Virtual Learning Portal

Improved results for English 9, Level 2

Improved results for English 9, Level 2

cLc Forums

Web 2 apps embedded in cLc

Web 2 apps embedded in cLc #2

Teachers ‘subvert’ technologies, repurposing for the context

Choices of personal pedagogy:Bereiter and CSILE

Improvability of the concept of intelligence:‘What does it mean to be human?’

Designed for the heart: TPCK

Remixing Shakespeare: ESA, August 2011 TPACK Resource

ESA TPACK Resource #1: English, Yr 9-10

ESA TPACK Resource #2: English, Yr 9-10

ESA TPACK Resource #3: English, Yr 9-10

ESA TPACK Resource #4: English, Yr 9-10

ESA TPACK Resource #5: English, Yr 9-10

ESA TPACK Resource #6: English, Yr 9-10

TPACK research and testing

TPACK in professional development

Agreed evaluation of teacher’s plans

Evaluation of teachers’ performance through TPACK

Surveys for teachers

Gesture, avatar based TPACK: privacy, collaboration, emerging

TPACK game - professional development with pinboards

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TPACK in professional development

Jaipal, K. & Figg, C. (2010). Unpacking the “Total PACKage”: Emergent TPACK Characteristics From a Study of Preservice Teachers Teaching With Technology. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 18(3), 415-441. Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

TPACK as an assessment of teacher planning and performance

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