Assessing Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Future Elementary Teachers

Rebello, N. Sanjay; Zollman, Dean A.

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Assessing Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Future Elementary Teachers

written by N. Sanjay Rebello and Dean A. Zollman

We reformed a course for future elementary teachers to infuse pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) into the fabric of a physics course. The modified course is structured around an instructional model called the pedagogical learning bicycle (PLB) that intertwines the construction of content knowledge (CK) with pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) using metacognitive reflection as a bridge between learning content and pedagogy. To assess the impact of the course experiences on their PCK, the future teachers were asked to work in groups to create lesson plans that incorporated their understanding of elementary children's ideas of science and strategies to address these ideas. As a measure of PCK, we scored the lesson plans on the ways in which the students incorporated these ideas in their lesson. We describe the results of our study and discuss its implications for instruction.

Physics Education Research Conference 2013
Part of the PER Conference series
Portland, OR: July 17-18, 2013
Pages 297-300

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Published: February 1, 2014

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Education - Applied Research - Curriculum Development = Course - Teacher Preparation = Curricula = Research Education - Basic Research - Assessment - Problem Solving = Metacognition - Teacher Characteristics = Content Knowledge = Pedagogical Content Knowledge	- Lower Undergraduate	- Reference Material = Research study

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DOI:: 10.1119/perc.2013.pr.062
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PACS:: 01.40.Fk
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Last Update when Cataloged:: December 16, 2013

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<a href="https://www.per-central.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=13186">Rebello, N. Sanjay, and Dean Zollman. "Assessing Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Future Elementary Teachers." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2013, Portland, OR, July 17-18, 2013.</a>

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