Summary of TPACK-related journal 13

Title                            : Teachers’ Professional Development: The Case of WhatsApp

Author                        : Ramazan Cansoy

Year                            : 2017

Publisher                    : Canadian Center of Science and Education

Source                        : www.eric.com

This research simply dug information about the role of What’s App group in the teacher’s professional development. The researcher, Ramazan Cansoy found 12 science teachers at random private schools between 2015-2016. The 12 teachers were joined in a what’s app group. Any kinds of information related to teaching science were shared not only by one teachers but also all of the teachers. In the study, it was observed that teachers made shares in four different themes that support professional development. These were found to be shares for field knowledge, shares for pedagogical content knowledge, shares for in-school teaching practices and shares for emotional support among teachers. The materials shared in the wat’s app group were also various in the terms of formats. Some of them are in the kind of PDF but some of them can also be in the form of documents or video. The content shared on the group aimed to support the pedagocical competence among the teachers. In this context, it was revealed that programs providing online chatting opportunities could be an important tool in ensuring the professional development of teachers. The netnographic research method, one of the qualitative research methods, was used in the study