Analysis of Competence on “TPACK”: 21st Century Teacher Professional Development

Abstract

Abstract Integrating Technology in the learning process is very important in today’s digital era so that educators do not only have a component of content and pedagogical knowledge but also be have to be supported by the ability to integrate both components with technology. The purpose of this study was to analyze the competence of Technology, Pedagogy, and Content Knowledge (TPACK) of Education technology alumni in supporting their profession to become professional teachers. The method applied in this study was a Mixed method, using data from alumni who graduated in 2016-2017 through questionnaires and in-depth interviews. The results showed that the variables in TPACK, content knowledge variable and pedagogy content knowledge variable had a high average compared to other variables, namely 73.50 and 73.10. This indicated that from the pedagogic and content side, Education Technology alumni had a good mastery of content and pedagogical knowledge. However, being viewed from the average score in applying technology, their competence was still low. The Technology Pedagogy Knowledge variable achieved 48.30, while the TPACK variable reached 52.40. These results implies that Education Technology alumni still need to improve their TPACK competence in order to become a professional teacher in the era of industrial revolution 4.0.