Research On Primary School English Teachers’ TPACK

Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge(TPACK)is a new requirement for teachers in this era.TPACK was proposed by Mishra and Kohler in 2005 based on Schulman’s PCK.China’s researches on TPACK began in 2008,and the number of studies has increased year by year.Domestic researches on TPACK of English teachers are also increasing,but the survey of primary school English teachers is relatively rare.Based on this,this study investigates the status of primary school English teachers’ TPACK.This study uses a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods to conduct a questionnaire survey among 156 primary school English teachers in Guangdong province and then interview 6 primary school English teachers.This research focuses on three questions: 1)What is the current situation of primary school English teachers’ TPACK? 2)Are there any differences in primary school English teachers’ TPACK levels in terms of gender,age,teaching experience,educational background,professional title,school location,and technological background? 3)What are the factors influencing primary school English teachers’ TPACK levels?The research shows that:(1)The TPACK level of primary school English teachers is above a medium level;(2)There are no significant differences between primary school English teachers’ TPACK levels in terms of demographic information,except age.(3)influencing factors includes teachers’ knowledge of technology,self-efficacy,and personal motivation,educational information technology trainingcourses,school’s hardware facilities and school’s acceptance of information technology,English teachers’ belief,government policy.According to the research results,it is proved that there is still room to improve primary school English teachers’ TPACK.Thus,suggestions for improving TPACK are put forward.Due to the limitations of resources,capabilities,and so on,this study has certain limitations.Future studies can increase the number of study samples and refine the measurement scale of TPACK.