Preparing pre-service teachers to integrate technology into K-12 instruction: Evaluation of a technology-infused approach

The quality of how technology is addressed in teacher education programs is
conditional for how student teachers apply technology in secondary schools after
their graduation. Two technology-infused courses of one teacher education
program were evaluated. In line with studies on the development of pre-service
teachers’ technological, pedagogical and content knowledge, two important
enablers were distinguished: 1) teaching practice to enact what was learned in
teacher education institution as well as to receive feedback from students on this
enactment and 2) modeling of teacher educator and teachers in school. Both
enablers might ask for further development of knowledge and skills of both
teacher educators and school teachers.