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Agricola, Bas T.; van der Schaaf, Marieke F.; Prins, Frans J.; van Tartwijk, Jan – Educational Action Research, 2022
In this study, we aimed to identify how the learning activities elicited in a lesson study project contributed to self-perceived change in supervisors' pedagogical content knowledge (PCK). Lesson study is a method which combines both professional and educational development. During a lesson study project, teachers collaborate in a team and…
Descriptors: Student Research, Supervisors, Knowledge Level, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Favier, Tim; Van Gorp, Bouke; Cyvin, Jakob B.; Cyvin, Jardar – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2021
Climate change adaptation is a notorious example of a wicked problem. Teachers need to have extensive knowledge to design high-quality education that addresses the wickedness and contributes to wicked problem-solving. The components of the knowledge basis for teaching climate change issues can be highlighted with the Pedagogical Content Knowledge…
Descriptors: Climate, Water, World Problems, Environmental Education
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Koopman, Maaike; Thurlings, Marieke; den Brok, Perry – Research Papers in Education, 2019
In this study, we investigated which teacher characteristics influence student proficiency development regarding fractions in Grade 5 of Dutch primary education. At least three domains of research (i.e. perspectives) on effective teaching can be distinguished: studies focusing on teachers' background characteristics, on their knowledge and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Characteristics, Mathematics Skills, Elementary School Students
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Blankman, Marian; van der Schee, Joop; Volman, Monique; Boogaard, Marianne – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2015
This paper presents the findings of a study conducted among primary geography teacher educators. The research examines the perceptions of educators of primary teacher students' desired and achieved levels of substantial knowledge, syntactic knowledge, and beliefs about the subject of geography. The findings indicate that primary teacher educators…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Saeli, Mara; Perrenet, Jacob; Jochems, Wim M. G.; Zwaneveld, Bert – Informatics in Education, 2012
In this article we report about a study to assess Dutch teachers' Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK), with special focus on programming as a topic in secondary school Informatics education. For this research, we developed an online research instrument: the Online Teacher PCK Analyser (OTPA). The results show that Dutch teachers' PCK scores…
Descriptors: Programming, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Secondary School Science, Secondary School Teachers
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Rohaan, Ellen J.; Taconis, Ruurd; Jochems, Wim M. G. – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2011
In the study described in this article, primary school teachers' pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) of technology education was measured with a multiple choice test; the Teaching of Technology Test (TTT). The aim of the study was to explore the latent factor structure of PCK, which is considered to be a crucial and distinctive domain of teacher…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Multiple Choice Tests, Factor Structure, Psychometrics
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Beijaard, Douwe; Verloop, Nico; Vermunt, Jan D. – Teaching and Teacher Education, 2000
Surveyed experienced Dutch secondary school teachers regarding their professional identities, examining ways that they saw themselves as subject matter experts, didactical experts, and pedagogical experts. Surveys indicated that most teachers saw their professional identity as consisting of a combination of the distinct aspects of expertise.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Knowledge Level, Pedagogical Content Knowledge