An evaluation of the technological integration of Biology teachers’ teaching plans in training based on the TPACK model

Abstract:

Through an initial training course for biology teachers offered online and based on the theoretical framework of the Teacher's Content Pedagogical Technological Knowledge (TPACK), the undergraduates created teaching plans with the integration of technologies and were then evaluated according to a rubric for the measurement of technological integration. The results show that students were able to satisfactorily integrate technologies into teaching plans with scores close to the average score found in other studies. We sought to understand which characteristics of students might affect the good integration of technologies in teaching plans. There was a significant difference (p<0.05) only in the comparison of the technological integration scores, for participants with or without another degree. It is concluded that the subject based on the TPACK framework was the main influence for the good performance of the teachers in training in this study when integrating technologies in teaching plans for biology and science classes.

Keywords:
Initial teacher training; Biology teaching; Lesson plan; Technological innovations