ERIC Number: EJ1447115
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-1539-1523
EISSN: EISSN-1945-0818
Ready for a Technology Future? Chinese Preservice Preschool Teachers' Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge and Its Predicting Factors
Weipeng Yang; Dandan Wu; Ting Liao; Rongxiu Wu; Hui Li
Journal of Research on Technology in Education, v56 n6 p655-673 2024
The global education system has two primary objectives: achieving universal quality early childhood education (ECE) and integrating information and communication technology (ICT). We sought to determine whether preservice preschool teachers possess the necessary knowledge to integrate ICT into ECE by examining the technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) of 950 preservice preschool teachers in China. The results of latent profile analysis revealed three distinct TPACK profiles: Low (24%, n = 223), Medium (57%, n = 544), and High (19%, n = 183), with the majority of participants exhibiting low to medium levels of TPACK (81% of the sample). Regression analysis further indicated that TPACK profiles were significantly related to the level of education, gender, and professional interest.
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Teaching Methods, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Technological Literacy, Predictor Variables, Preservice Teacher Education, Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Communications, Technology Integration
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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