A STUDY OF TECHNOLOGICAL PEDAGOGICAL CONTENT KNOWLEDGE OF SCIENCE TEACHERS AT THE HIGHER SECONDARY STAGE

This study aimed to gather knowledge about the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Science Teachers at the Higher Secondary stage in the Covid Era. A descriptive survey method has been used to collect data from the sample comprised of 202 higher secondary stage Science teachers from the Cuttack district by employing random and incidental sampling techniques. The researcher used Likert Scale to collect data from 202 higher secondary-stage Science teachers by adopting the Likert scale. The objectives of the study were, 1)to study the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Science Teachers at Higher Secondary stage, 2)to find out the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge of science teachers at the higher secondary stage concerning their teaching experiences, and 3)to investigate the differences in higher secondary stage science teachers' Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge regarding the type of institution. To draw out the result, two statistical techniques were used percentage and t-test. The researcher found that there is no significant difference in the TPACK means scores of novice and experienced teachers and government and private higher secondary school teachers. Keywords: Teaching experiences, TPACK, Science Teachers, Covid Era...