Changes in the field of education require teachers’ acquisition of specific knowledge of technology and the skills of its effective use in the classroom. With the expansion of the traditional classroom to include virtual learning environments, concern still exists regarding characteristics necessary for quality teaching and learning.<br> This research is an examination of pre-service teachers’ needs relevant to integrating technology in an online learning environment. It is a first step toward acknowledging the responsibility teacher preparation programs have in the formation of educators equipped to instruct in dual learning environments, thus providing pre-service teachers with opportunities and experiences to become fluent in the technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) required for online learning environments as well as the traditional face-to-face instruction. <br> The purpose of this study was to determine if active engagement with content of an online instruction module would affect the attitudes, knowledge and skills, and instructional centeredness of pre-service teachers’ towards technology integration in an online learning environment. A mixed-methods concurrent triangulation design procedure was utilized to measure characteristics of pre-service teachers in a teacher preparation program. A two-way within-subjects analysis of variance was conducted to evaluate the effect of engagement with the content of the online instruction module for all three domains. Participants began the intervention with limited knowledge and skills of technology integration and online learning environments; however, they made statistically significant gains upon completion of the intervention. The implementation of an intervention such as this online instruction module may support other teacher preparation programs in identifying strengths and weaknesses of their pre-service teachers and provide valuable information necessary to guide program goals. / School of Education; / Instructional Technology (EdDIT) / EdD; / Dissertation;

The EEdnaS study “Development and testing of digitally enriched science-related subject matter teaching in digital teaching-learning labs and university classrooms” aims to promote the professional competencies of prospective teachers that are needed for teaching science content in a world shaped by digitalization. To achieve this goal, university teaching units (seminars) that directly address cognitive components of a teacher’s professional competencies, which are important to teaching science content in primary school education, were developed. In addition, prospective teachers were asked to plan, implement, and evaluate primary school science education with a particular focus on digitization, as well as sharing the developed units as open-educational resources. This article reports on the impact of the first part of the seminar concept, in which the promotion of digitization-related, subject-specific teaching methodology, as well as content-related knowledge (TPaCK) was systematically promoted. In a standardized survey, it could be shown that the prospective teachers demonstrated positive developments, particularly in the components PCK, TCK, TPK, as well as TPaCK, regarding the self-efficacy in cognitive characteristics about one’s own ability within the reference frame of self. Furthermore, the development of knowledge, especially in the areas of TK, PCK, TCK, and TPK, could also be determined, but not in relation to TPaCK itself.

Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka på vilka sätt TPACK-delarna blir synliga och hur de kan sammankopplas eller inte i pedagogernas reflektioner om undervisningen. TPACK är ett kombinerat samlingsnamn för tekniska-, pedagogiska- och ämneskunskaper. Studien undersöker även hur pedagoger som arbetar med 1–3 åringar talar om sin undervisning med den digitala plattan i matematik och andra ämnen, exempelvis språk och naturvetenskap. För att undersöka detta genomförs intervjuer med pedagoger i förskolan. Resultatet visar att i pedagogernas reflektioner framkom olika förslag på kunskaper inom de olika TPACK-delarna. Med de olika kunskaperna visar det sig att i olika situationer kan kunskaperna och pedagogernas tankar förflytta sig mellan de olika TPACK-delarna och skapa ett rörelsemönster som genomsyrar hela modellen. Däremot kan det finnas yttre faktorer som antingen påverkar att det inte sker en förflyttning eller som möjliggör att det gör det. De yttre faktorerna är exempelvis tid, medvetenhet, attityd och utbildning. Pedagogerna som medverkar i studien använder inte den digitala plattan i matematikundervisning i stor utsträckning. En slutsats blir därmed att den digitala plattan inte värderas högt relaterat till matematikundervisning, vilket kan bero på de yttre faktorerna. / The aim of the study is to examine how the parts of TPACK become visible and how they can be connected or not in the teachers' reflections on teaching. TPACK is a collective name for technological-, pedagogical- and content knowledge. The study also examines how teachers who work with 1–3-year-olds speak about their teaching in mathematics and other subjects, for example language and natural science with digital tablets. To examine the purpose of the study, teachers in preschool are interviewed. The results show that there are different suggestions on knowledge in TPACK-parts in teachers' reflection. With different knowledge it’s shown that in different situations knowledge and the teachers’ reflections can move in between the different TPACK-parts. However, it shows that external factors that can either affect a movement to not take place or make it possible to happen. The external factors are time, awareness, attitude and education. The teachers who participates in the study don’t use digital tablets in mathematics teaching to a large extent. A conclusion is thus that the digital tablet isn’t valued highly in relation to mathematics teaching, which may be due to the external factors.