Dr. Matthew J. Koehler is a Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Staff Affairs in the College of Education at Michigan State University. His training at the University of Wisconsin includes a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology (emphasis in Cognitive Psychology applied to Education); a M.S. degree in Computer Science; a B.S. degree ...
Dr. Matthew Koehler has extensive leadership experience in education, serving as a program director where he helped create the first hybrid PhD program in educational technology. He is currently serving as the Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Staff Affairs in the College of Education at Michigan State University.
Koehler, M.J., & Mishra, P. (2008). Introducing tpck. AACTE Committee on Innovation and Technology (Ed.), The handbook of technological pedagogical content knowledge (tpck) for educators (pp. 3-29). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
(TPACK) framework (Koehler & Mishra, 2008; Mishra & Koehler, 2006) describes the type of teacher knowledge required to teach effectively with technology. Describing what teachers need to know can be difficult because teaching is an inherently complex, multifaceted activity which occurs in varied settings. By its nature, teaching is
@msu.edu. I graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1999, with a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, with an emphasis in Cognitive Psychology applied to Education.
102 M.J. Koehler et al. in order to use technology more effectively. Shulman ( 1986 ) proposed that effective teaching requires a special type of knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge (or PCK), that represents the blending of content and pedagogy into an understanding of how particular topics, problems, or issues are
Matthew J. Koehler, Punya Mishra, and William Cain The Influence of the Pedagogical Content Knowledge Theoretical Framework on Research on Preservice Teacher Education
Matthew J. Koehler Michigan State University We introduce the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) as a way of thinking about the knowledge teachers need to understand to integrate technology effectively in their classrooms. We argue that TPACK comprises knowledge of content, pedagogy, and technology,