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TPCK for Technology Integration
TPCK for Technology Integration
Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK) attempts to capture some of the essential qualities of <a class="WikiLink" id="p-7631a6586157c294aa699e0dcfa6247009df9eb5" href="http://tpck.pbwiki.com/knowledge">knowledge</a> required by teachers for technology integration in their teaching, while addressing the complex, multifaceted and situated nature of <a class="WikiLink" id="p-1c3a09d9d8f9a2f36c4a6a96334e9cb8c8b73a34" href="http://tpck.pbwiki.com/teacher%20knowledge">teacher knowledge</a>. At the heart of the TPCK framework, is the complex interplay of three primary forms of knowledge: <a class="WikiLink" id="p-04a7e13fcccc9ce90d762d5ad9c4442057ac593b" href="http://tpck.pbwiki.com/Content%20%28C%29">Content (C)</a>, <a class="WikiLink" id="p-5130be6af8b735c398544ec6c4e19f0e33182732" href="http://tpck.pbwiki.com/Pedagogy%20%28P%29">Pedagogy (P)</a>, and <a class="WikiLink" id="p-24908791cfef8217a8a27816741bc46d8da4b717" href="http://tpck.pbwiki.com/Technology%20%28T%29">Technology (T)</a>.
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TPCK for Technology Integration
Introductory Course Makeovers
Introductory Course Makeovers
<p>The models stress online assessment that provides immediate feedback to instructors. Administrators can monitor tests given to students before the course redesign and after to measure their subject knowledge.</p> <p>The idea, says Carol A. Twigg, president and chief executive of NCAT, is to structure courses so that both student and instructor time is best used.</p>
NCAT has identified several <a href="http://www.center.rpi.edu/PlanRes/R2R_ModCrsRed.htm" target="_blank">redesign models</a>, all of which adhere to the principle that students need more than just traditional lectures.
·insidehighered.com·
Introductory Course Makeovers
ScienceDaily: Music Training 'Tunes' Human Auditory System
ScienceDaily: Music Training 'Tunes' Human Auditory System
The study, which will appear in the April issue of Nature Neuroscience, is the first to provide concrete evidence that playing a musical instrument significantly enhances the brainstem's sensitivity to speech sounds. This finding has broad implications because it applies to sound encoding skills involved not only in music but also in language.
·sciencedaily.com·
ScienceDaily: Music Training 'Tunes' Human Auditory System