A Study On English Teachers’ Technological Pedagogical And Content Knowledge

English Curriculum Standard for Senior High School(2017 Version Revised in2020)proposes that attention should be paid to great changes in teaching modes and learning styles in the context of modern information technology.Furthermore,it is important to make full use of information technology and promote the deep integration of information technology and teaching.As early as 2006,scholars Mishra and Koehler formalized the basic concept and systematic framework of Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge(TPACK).Its emphasis on information technologies coincides with the claims of the New Curriculum Standard.Since the concept of TPACK was proposed,many scholars at home and abroad have made great efforts in promoting TPACK development.Teachers’ TPACK development helps promote students’ effective learning and the formation and development of core competence of English discipline.Therefore,it is necessary to conduct a research on it.Based on these,this study sets the following two research questions:(1)What is the current situation of high school English teachers’ TPACK?(2)What are the factors influencing high school English teachers’ TPACK level?This study adopts quantitative and qualitative instruments including questionnaire and interview in order to find out the current situation of TPACK and its influencing factors.Based on the research questions,questionnaire and interview outline based on Schmidt’s(2009)TPACK scale were developed.The questionnaire was delivered online and 102 valid questionnaires were collected at last.Six teachers with different gender,educational background and teaching experience were interviewed.The questionnaire aims to investigate the current situation of English teachers’ TPACK and the interview is to find out the factors influencing teachers’TPACK level.The findings reflect that:(1)the mean score of TPACK for senior high school English teachers is 4.03,indicating that their TPACK is generally at a high level.In terms of the single elements of TPACK,The mean score of Pedagogical Knowledge(PK)ranks first(M=4.18),the mean score of Content Knowledge(CK)ranks second(M=4.11),and Technological Knowledge(TK)has the lowest mean score(M=4.01),which indicates that teachers are more confident in the knowledge of content and pedagogy than the knowledge of technology.As for the complex elements of TPACK,Pedagogical Content Knowledge(PCK)has the highest mean score(M=4.01),followed by the mean core of Technological Pedagogical Knowledge(TPK)(M=4.09)and Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge(TPACK)(M=4.03),and Technological Content Knowledge(TCK)has the lowest mean score(M=4.02),which means teachers do well in content and pedagogy integration while there is still room for them to improve their ability of cooperating teaching content and technology.(2)Given to the results of interview,the influencing factors mainly can be divided into three aspects including teachers’ efforts,the support from school and educational administration.As for teachers’ efforts,it contains teachers’ awareness,learning ability,personal conditions and so on.With regard to the support from school,there are the volume of work,learning atmosphere,technological equipment and opportunities to learn.In terms of the support from educational administration,it includes the financial support and the establishment of policies.Given to the findings on factors influencing teachers’ TPACK level,it is suggested that more efforts should be made to strengthen English teachers’ TPACK from three aspects.Firstly,English teachers themselves should cultivate their learning awareness,motivation and self-efficacy.Secondly,the schools are recommended to hold more relevant trainings and competitions to create learning atmosphere,arrange technical staff to help teachers solve technical problem and also to reduce the volume of work to ensure teachers have enough time to promote their TPACK level.Finally,the educational administration is suggested to enhance financial support and put forward more policies.