How Do Beginning Elementary Teachers Cope with Science: Development of Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Science.

Autor/inn/en	Appleton, Ken; Kindt, Ian
Titel	How Do Beginning Elementary Teachers Cope with Science: Development of Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Science.
Quelle	(1999), (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Beginning Teachers; Elementary Education; Elementary School Teachers; Foreign Countries; Hands on Science; Higher Education; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Preservice Teachers; Science Activities; Science Instruction; Thematic Approach; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Junior teacher; Junglehrer; Elementarunterricht; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Pädagogische Kompetenz; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Themenzentrierter Unterricht; Australien
Abstract	In this paper the development of science pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) in elementary teachers is considered, with a particular focus on beginning teachers. Explored is a conceptualization of the development of science pedagogical content knowledge in elementary teachers which emerged from two studies. The first examined the science teaching practices of beginning elementary teachers, while the second explored elementary teachers' understanding and use of "activities that work" in science. The paper emerged from consideration of how some elementary teachers in our studies, who lack science content knowledge, generate PCK to enable them to teach science. The main tenet of the model of PCK development is that "activities that work" become a substitute for science content knowledge and PCK. A number of implications for elementary science curriculum emerge from this understanding, such as considerations for preservice teacher education science courses and the nature of the elementary science curriculum. (Contains 40 references.) (ASK)
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC