TPACK Knowledge Mastery of Pre-Service Teacher Students in the Faculty of Economics Universitas Negeri Medan

Abstract

This study aims to 1) mapping the pre-service teacher students knowledge related to mastery Technological, Pedagogical, Content Knowledge (TPACK); 2) mapping the quality of organizational support related to technology-oriented learning; and 3) mapping the performance of pre-service teacher candidates in implementing IT-integrated learning at the Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Medan. This issue becomes important due to the increasing dependence of education and teaching on the use of Information Technology (IT). Especially after the Covid-19 pandemic, which has increased dependence on IT. The subjects of this study were pre-service teacher students with the criteria that they had completed the internship program, which is the teaching practice program in schools. Thus, the actual response is obtained based on students' experience teaching with the demands of technological integration. Data were collected by survey method through an electronic questionnaire. This study obtained 420 responses which were then analyzed by descriptive statistics. The results showed that the mastery of teacher candidate students' TPACK was at a moderate level. The same thing is also found in aspects of organizational support and the teaching performance of pre-service teacher students. Therefore, the Faculty of Economics, State University of Medan, has shown academic policies that support learning in the digital era. However, Higher Education should optimize various aspects so that prospective teacher students and/or alumni of the Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Medan, can become competent teachers with adequate pedagogic competence in the digital era