All About TPACK: A Teacher’s Guide to the TPACK Tech
Integration Model
TPACK, or Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge, is a
framework for the integration of technology in the classroom. The
TPACK framework is a helpful guide to providing students with a
high-quality educational experience, when technology is
incorporated in the classroom.
Though its history is difficult to track, TPACK seems to have first
been presented in research written by Punya Mishra and Matthew
J. Koehler in 2006, and has since evolved into the framework
teachers use today.
TPACK identifies three forms of knowledge:
Technological Knowledge: Knowledge about technology,
including thinking about and working with technology, tools, and
resources.
Pedagogical Knowledge: Knowledge about pedagogy, including
practices or methods of teaching and learning.
Content Knowledge: Knowledge about the content or subject
area to be learned or taught.
The TPACK approach does not view these knowledge areas in
isolation. Instead, the framework emphasizes the intersections of
these knowledge areas, as seen on the diagram:
In the center of the diagram, you will see TPACK, which is the
model for how to teach with technology.
TPACK therefore gives teachers a framework to combine their
knowledge of technology, pedagogy, and content for an
innovative approach to teaching and learning.