Toward an Integrated Technology Integration Framework for Teacher Preparation: Instructional Technological Competence

Volume 14 Issue 2 September - November 2018

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Toward an Integrated Technology Integration Framework for Teacher Preparation: Instructional Technological Competence

S. Korucu-Kis * , K. S. Ozmen**

* Department of English Language Teaching, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey.

** Department of English Language Teaching, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.

Korucu-Kis, S., and Ozmen, K. S. (2018). Toward an Integrated Technology Integration Framework for Teacher Preparation: Instructional Technological Competence i-manager’s Journal on School Educational Technology, 14(2), 31-50. https://doi.org/10.26634/jsch.14.2.14926

Abstract

A number of technology integration frameworks have been introduced to gain a better understanding of intrinsic factors influencing teachers' use of technology. While some frameworks emphasize the incorporation of technology with pedagogy, others underline the critical role of beliefs in a successful implementation process. However, what is missing in these frameworks is to blend these separate but interdependent constructs into a coherent framework. Thus, the present study aims to close this gap by proposing a technology integration framework extending a previous research study that introduced the idea that student teachers' technological awareness, beliefs, knowledge, and skills should be addressed simultaneously in technology courses given that addressing these constructs in isolation impedes the continual interaction between them, thus causing student teachers to feel not well prepared to teach with technology. The proposed framework is intended to provide a common language for teacher educators to discuss how student teachers should be prepared to achieve technology integration in classrooms.