A bibliometric analysis of the trends and research topics of empirical research on TPACK

Di ZOU*, Xinyi HUANG, Lucas KOHNKE, Xieling CHEN, Gary CHENG, Haoran XIE

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Abstract

The TPACK (technological pedagogical and content knowledge) framework is an influential theoretical foundation for teaching with technology research. This analysis of 1,608 empirical research studies of TPACK identifies trends and research topics from 2000 to 2020 using structural topic modelling and bibliometrics. The results showed that academic interest in TPACK increased over the study period. The main research topics included the development and evaluation of the TPACK framework, teachers’ development of technological pedagogical content knowledge in teacher training programmes, applications of TPACK in teaching a variety of subjects (math and science, information and communication technologies, foreign languages, programming, leadership, computational thinking, engineering, medical subjects, and geography), digital literacy, online community, and motivation and belief. The results contribute to the understanding of TPACK scholarship and could help researchers and practitioners decide on practices and research directions to follow.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)10585-10609
Number of pages25
JournalEducation and Information Technologies
Volume27
Issue number8
Early online date19 Apr 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2022

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Keywords

  • TPACK
  • TPCK
  • Educational technology
  • Bibliometric analysis
  • Topic modelling

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