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| Abstract Title: | Exploring the Role of Content Knowledge in Responsive Teaching |
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| Abstract: | In this paper, we seek to start a conversation between the pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) and responsive teaching literatures by exploring the research question, "What role(s) does content knowledge play in responsive teaching?" We analyze instances that exemplify responsive teaching from classroom discussions of energy, and we find that teachers use content knowledge in responsive moves that connect students' ideas to one another and to the discipline. We suggest an approach to teacher education that blends the recommendations of the PCK and responsive teaching literatures, in which teachers develop content knowledge and practice using that knowledge to listen and respond to student thinking. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Amy D. Robertson Seattle Pacific University 3307 Third Ave W Suite 307 Seattle, WA 98119-1997 Phone: 206-286-7347 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Lisa M. Goodhew (Seattle Pacific University) |
