Assessment of technological, pedagogical and content Knowledge (tpack) of business teachers in senior high Schools in the central region of ghana

Abstract

The study explored business teachers' level of Technological, Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TP ACK) in Senior High Schools in the Central Region of Ghana and examined the differences in teachers' level of TPACK on the basis of some demographic variables using the mixed methods approach. The study employed sequential explanatory mixed methods design. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 248 business teachers and proprtionate sampling technique was also used to select the participants for the interview session. Questionnaire was used to gather quantitative data whilst interview guide was used to gather qualitative data. Mean and standard deviation was used to examine business teachers' level of TP ACK. Moreover, Independent samples t-test was used to examine whether differences exist in teachers' TPACK and gender. One-way (ANOV A) was used to examme whether differences exist in teachers' TPACK based on age, teaching experience and academic qualification. The thematic analyses of the qualitative data were done to explain the business teachers' moderate level of TP ACK. The finding showed that teachers possessed higher Content, Pedagogical and Pedagogical Content Knowledge and The moderate Technological Knowledge, Technological Content Knowledge, Technological Pedagogical Knowledge and TP ACK. The study found that there were satistically significant difference in teachers' TK, TCK and gender in favour of the male teachers. The study concluded that teachers moderate Technological Knowledge did not reflects in teachingand had negative toads the use of emerging technologies. The study recommended that the Ministry of Education through GES and government should organise refresher courses for in-service teachers on technology integration in teaching.