Transition to Online Learning: Implementing the TPACK Framework by English Teachers due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Abstract
The objectives of this research is to explore how the English teachers
implement TPACK in online learning context and to know the challenges faced by the
English teachers when they implement the TPACK in the online learning context.
There were several studies in the implementation of TPACK as a theory for teaching,
but still less on the discussion about the challenges that the English teachers faced while
implementing it, particularly in the online learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This study employed a descriptive design with a qualitative approach, which were
analyzed descriptively through reducing inappropriate data, displaying and concluding
data. The results of the data revealed that the English teachers of Bunga Bangsa Islamic
Junior High School Samarinda had implemented TPACK in online learning context
by using WhatsApp, Zoom meeting and Google Classroom as the technologies used
to teaching, conducting demonstration and recitation method as the pedagogy to teach
about “object pronoun” and “will and going to” as the content. There are some
challenges faced by the English teachers when they implemented TPACK in online
learning context such as limited quota, bad signal of internet, students’ behavior and
adapt to the applications used such as WhatsApp, Zoom meeting and Google
Classroom.