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Building teacher educator TPACK: Developing leaders as a catalyst for change in ICT Education

Helen Doyle, Christine E Reading

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Abstract

Teacher educators with TPACK are critical to the development of the ICT competence of the next generation of teachers. To effect real change in ICT education leaders must be developed amongst teacher educators as well as teachers. An Australian university implemented a supported program of professional development for teacher educators as they implemented innovative ICT-rich practice. This paper reports on data collected before, during and after the process to inform planning. Areas identified where teacher educator TPACK was lacking were used to inform the professional development process. For a variety of ICT competences teacher educators were generally convinced of the usefulness but not so convinced of their own confidence. Enablers of learning identified by teacher educators, who had engaged in innovative practice, showed that they were building TPACK that would equip them to be leaders and thus catalysts for change in ICT education.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFuture challenges, sustainable futures: Proceedings of ascilite Wellington 2012
EditorsM Brown, M Hartnett, T Stewart
Place of PublicationAustralia
PublisherAustralasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE)
Pages272-282
ISBN (Print)9780473229894
Publication statusPublished - 2012
EventASCILITE 2012: 29th annual Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education conference - Wellington, New Zealand
Duration: 25 Nov 201228 Nov 2012

Conference

ConferenceASCILITE 2012: 29th annual Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education conference
CityWellington, New Zealand
Period25/11/1228/11/12

Keywords

  • Educational Technology and Computing
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators

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