Elementary School Teachers’ TPACK Profile in Science Teaching Based on Demographic Factors

Abstract

TPACK is an ability that must be possessed by teachers in the 21st century. Research on influencing factors is important to do because it can be used as the basis for developing TPACK for teachers in the 21st century. This study is aimed at analyzing the TPACK value of elementary school teachers in science teaching based on teacher demographic factors (gender, age, employment status, and teaching experience) and investigating the relationship between teacher demographic factor and teachers’ TPACK value. The population of this research is 4180 elementary school teachers in Malang region, 175 elementary school teachers was taken as participant. Participant selection used purposive sampling method. The data was collected using 4 Likert scale questionnaire and interview and analyzed using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). It is found that the TPACK value for male teachers obtained higher scores than female teachers. For the age category, the result showed that the ability of teachers aged 30-40 years and under 30 have better technological skills outperformed older teacher. In terms of employment status, civil servant teachers showed slightly higher scores compared to non-civil servant teachers. Regarding to the teaching experience, the teacher’s TPACK is proportional to the span of their teaching experience. In general, results indicated that there is relationship between teacher demographics factor and their TPACK. It is recommended for the school to make the policy that can improve the teachers TPACK profile such as to develop training on TPACK based on teacher’s characteristics.