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McCaughtry, Nate – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2005
The purpose of this study was to examine how a teacher understood her students and then thought and made decisions about content, curriculum and pedagogy. Pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) and Deweyan philosophies of experience and education provided the theoretical frameworks. Data were collected through observations (N = 38) and interviews (N…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Progressive Education, Educational Philosophy