| This Special Issue is dedicated to advancing the theory as well as contrasting conceptual frameworks that inform and guide research in the area of technology integration in teaching and learning (Selfe, 1990; Zhao, 2003; Margerum-Rays & Marx, 2003; Niess, 2005; Angeli, 2005; Mishra & Koehler, 2006; Gess-Newsome, 1999). Selfe (1990) recognizes this need and indicates that “until we share some theoretical vision of this topic, we will never glimpse the larger picture that could give our everyday classroom efforts direction and meaning (p. 119). Given that the knowledge base of the teaching profession is not adequately developed to guide teacher preparation in technology integration, researchers during the last five years initiated systematic research programs for the purpose of developing theory and models to ground research in the area of teacher cognition about technology integration (Margerum-Rays & Marx, 2003; Angeli & Valanides, 2005; Angeli & Valanides, 2009; Mishra & Koehler, 2006). Particularly, it is advocated that teachers need to develop a new body of knowledge, namely, technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPCK). TPCK constitutes an enrichment to Shulman’s (1986, 1987) pedagogical content knowledge (PCK), and is conceptualized as a body of knowledge that results from the interaction among different teacher knowledge bases, such as, knowledge about subject matter, pedagogy, learners, context, and technology. Studies on TPCK are worthy of consideration and critical examination from the research community at large, as they reflect a new direction in understanding the complex interactions among content, pedagogy, learners, context, and technology. This special issue of the Journal of Educational Computing Research will focus on TPCK. The Guest Editors seek manuscripts that discuss, critique, and advance the theoretical conceptions of TPCK, or report data (quantitative, qualitative, or mixed) on methods of how to develop and assess TPCK. The issue strives to be international in scope.
Guidelines for submission The length of each manuscript is limited to 25 double-spaced pages (about 8,000 words) including abstract, figures, and references. Manuscripts should be written in Microsoft Word or RTF format and follow the guidelines described in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Manuscripts can be submitted via email, or on CD. Submitted manuscripts will be subject to an editorial and anonymous peer-review process, as is standard for the Journal of Educational Computing Research. To be considered for publication, manuscripts should be received no later than July 31st, 2011. Questions concerning this special issue, manuscripts for submission, and requests for a copyright release form (which should be submitted with manuscripts) should be directed to either of the two Guest Editors:
Dr. Charoula Angeli Department of Education University of Cyprus 11-13 Dramas street Nicosia, CY 1678 CYPRUS Email:cangeli@ucy.ac.cy Dr. Nicos Valanides Department of Education University of Cyprus 11-13 Dramas street Nicosia, CY 1678 CYPRUS Email:nichri@ucy.ac.cy
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