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Teaching research methods in education: using the TPACK framework to reflect on praxis

ContributorsClass, Barbaraorcid
Publication date2023-10-27
First online date2023-10-27
Abstract

This article contributes to the discussion on research methods pedagogy by adding a technological dimension to Nind’s use of Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) in research methods education (RME). Within a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning approach, this research-inspired reflection is based on the literature, on the scholar’s praxis and on the on-going design-based research project she has been conducting since 2014. Trained in educational technologies more than 20 years ago, she shares an initial understanding of the use of the TPACK framework for the teaching of research methods in education. Findings include initial definitions of each type of individual knowledge (CK, PK, TK), overlapping knowledge (TPK, TCK, PCK) and a proposal for TPACK as a whole. Secondly, the findings show that technology appears to be a revealing indicator of current praxis in RME, inviting scholars to question methodolatry and technodolatry. As a corollary, Content Knowledge (CK) needs more attention to reconnect RME with its philosophical foundations. Research method teachers and students in the social sciences will foremost benefit from this study and are invited to contribute to the debate within a broader collective intelligence endeavour.

Keywords
  • Research methods education
  • Technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK)
  • Education sciences
  • Philosophy
  • Epistemology
  • Technodolatry
  • Open science
Citation (ISO format)
CLASS, Barbara. Teaching research methods in education: using the TPACK framework to reflect on praxis. In: International journal of research & method in education, 2023, p. 1–21. doi: 10.1080/1743727X.2023.2270426
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