TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of an instrument for exploring preservice technology teachers’ maker-based technological pedagogical content knowledge
AU - Ku, Chih Jung
AU - Loh, Wei Leong Leon
AU - Lin, Kuen Yi
AU - John Williams, P.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of China under Contract numbers MOST105‐2515‐S‐230‐001‐MY3, MOST 108‐2511‐H‐003‐058‐MY4 and the “Institute for Research Excellence in Learning Sciences” of National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) from The Featured Areas Research Center Program within the framework of the Higher Education Sprout Project by the Ministry of Education (MOE) in Taiwan. The findings and recommendations contained in this paper of those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Ministry of Science and Technology. We are extremely grateful to the teachers and students who participated in this study.
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© 2020 British Educational Research Association
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/10
Y1 - 2020/10
N2 - With the development of the maker movement, more and more teachers are applying a broad range of technological tools in their pedagogy, instead of only information technology. This study details the development and validation of the Teachers Maker-based TPACK Survey Instrument (TMTSI), a revised model designed to measure technology teachers’ maker-based technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) in utilizing maker-based tools to support their teaching. We recruited 165 preservice secondary technology teachers in Taiwan for this study and confirmatory factor analysis was applied to validate the instrument. Our findings suggest that TMTSI provided a valid and highly reliable research-based instrument that also serves as a professional development model to help scaffold the development of K-12 technology teachers. This paper details the theoretical foundations of TMTSI, reports on its reliability and validity, and discusses the application and implications of TMTSI for teacher education and professional development.
AB - With the development of the maker movement, more and more teachers are applying a broad range of technological tools in their pedagogy, instead of only information technology. This study details the development and validation of the Teachers Maker-based TPACK Survey Instrument (TMTSI), a revised model designed to measure technology teachers’ maker-based technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) in utilizing maker-based tools to support their teaching. We recruited 165 preservice secondary technology teachers in Taiwan for this study and confirmatory factor analysis was applied to validate the instrument. Our findings suggest that TMTSI provided a valid and highly reliable research-based instrument that also serves as a professional development model to help scaffold the development of K-12 technology teachers. This paper details the theoretical foundations of TMTSI, reports on its reliability and validity, and discusses the application and implications of TMTSI for teacher education and professional development.
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1111/bjet.13039
DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/bjet.13039
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85092592004
VL - 52
SP - 552
EP - 568
JO - British Journal of Educational Technology
JF - British Journal of Educational Technology
SN - 0007-1013
IS - 2
ER -