ǂThe ǂopportunities and challenges for ICT in science education

Abstract

This article examines the opportunities and challenges for the use of ICT in science education in the light of science teachers’ Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK). Some of the variables that have been studied with regard to the TPACK framework in science classrooms (such as teachers’ self-efficacy, gender, teaching experience, teachers’ beliefs, etc.) are reviewed, and variations of the TPACK framework specific for science education are expounded upon. In the conclusion, some of the aspects of TPACK in science education that need to be addressed in future are indicated, including the development of subject specific ICT-based resources and e-learning platforms; training to develop science teachers’ integrated skills for the implementation of ICT in their subject teaching; the importance of the continuous encouraging of science teachers’ for their participation in in-service training related to the use of ICT; and the examination of the role of science teachers’ TPACK in the developing of students’ 21st century trans-disciplinary skills.

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Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2017
Typology:	1.02 - Review Article
Organization:	UL PEF - Faculty of Education
Publisher:	Helsinki: Valtakunnallinen LUMA-keskus
UDC:	37.091.31:50
COBISS:	11674953
ISSN:	2323-7112
Views:	2265
Downloads:	371
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary keywords:	science education;information technology;teacher;naravoslovna vzgoja in izobraževanje;informacijska tehnologija;učitelj;
File type:	application/pdf
Type (COBISS):	Article
Pages:	str. 12-22
Volume:	ǂVol. ǂ5
Issue:	ǂno. ǂ1
Chronology:	2017
DOI:	10.31129/LUMAT.5.1.256
ID:	10860984