Teaching with Digital Technology

Abstract

   A key variable in the use of digital technology in the Physical Education classroom is the teacher. In this chapter we examine research that identifies some of the obstacles to, and constraints on, secondary teachers’ implementation of digital technology. While a lack of physical resources is still a major extrinsic concern we introduce a framework for, and highlight the crucial role of, the intrinsic factor of teachers’ Pedagogical Technology Knowledge (PTK). Results from a research study relating confidence in using technology to PTK are then presented. This concludes that confidence may be a critical variable in teacher construction of PTK, leading to suggestions for some ways in which professional development of teachers could be structured to strengthen confidence in technology use.

Keywords Technology • PTK • Instrumental genesis.