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PostedonMay13,2011
TechnologicalPedagogicalContentKnowledge(TPACK)isaframeworkthatidentifiestheknowledgeteachers
needtoteacheffectivelywithtechnology.TheTPACKframeworkextendsShulmansideaofPedagogical
ContentKnowledge.

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AttheheartoftheTPACKframework,isthecomplexinterplayofthreeprimaryformsofknowledge:Content
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(CK),Pedagogy(PK),andTechnology(TK).TheTPACKapproachgoesbeyondseeingthesethreeknowledge
basesinisolation.TPACKalsoemphasizesthenewkindsofknowledgethatlieattheintersectionsbetween
them,representingfourmoreknowledgebasesteachersapplicabletoteachingwithtechnology:Pedagogical
ContentKnowledge(PCK),TechnologicalContentKnowledge(TCK),TechnologicalPedagogicalKnowledge
(TPK),andtheintersectionofallthreecircles,TechnologicalPedagogicalContentKnowledge(TPACK).
Effectivetechnologyintegrationforpedagogyaroundspecificsubjectmatterrequiresdevelopingsensitivityto
thedynamic,transactionalrelationshipbetweenthesecomponentsofknowledgesituatedinuniquecontexts.
Individualteachers,gradelevel,schoolspecificfactors,demographics,culture,andotherfactorsensurethat
everysituationisunique,andnosinglecombinationofcontent,technology,andpedagogywillapplyforevery
teacher,everycourse,oreveryviewofteaching.

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AboutMatthewKoehler
Dr.MatthewJ.Koehleriseditoroftpack.org,andauthoredover20publicationsrelatedtoTPACK,including:
Mishra&Koehler(2006).Technologicalpedagogicalcontentknowledge:Aframeworkforteacherknowledge.
TeachersCollegeRecord,108(6),10171054.

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