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Campbell, Todd; Melville, Wayne; Goodwin, Dawne – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
While the literature is replete with studies examining teacher knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK), few studies have investigated how science teacher orientations (STOs) shape classroom instruction. Therefore, this research explores the interplay between a STOs and the topic specificity of PCK across two science topics within a grade…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Earth Science, Science Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Stender, Anita; Brückmann, Maja; Neumann, Knut – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
This study investigates the relationship between two different types of pedagogical content knowledge (PCK): the topic-specific professional knowledge (TSPK) and practical routines, so-called teaching scripts. Based on the Transformation Model of Lesson Planning, we assume that teaching scripts originate from a transformation of TSPK during lesson…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Lesson Plans, Teacher Characteristics, Beliefs
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Juttner, Melanie; Neuhaus, Birgit J. – International Journal of Science Education, 2012
In view of the lack of instruments for measuring biology teachers' pedagogical content knowledge (PCK), this article reports on a study about the development of PCK items for measuring teachers' knowledge of pupils' errors and ways for dealing with them. This study investigated 9th and 10th grade German pupils' (n = 461) drawings in an achievement…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Students, Biology, Protocol Analysis