Purpose: Our research examined the effects of a content course in a physical education teacher education program. Methods: Ten participants were recruited from a physical education teacher education content course to examine participants' common content knowledge (CCK) and specialized content knowledge (SCK) in tennis and badminton. Descriptive…

Pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) is a frequently used concept in the educational community. Its usage is so widespread it appears to function as a "lingua franca" across different subject areas and among researchers within a subject area. Critiques of PCK have suggested it may function at best as a heuristic and at worst as a…

Investigation of physical education preservice teacher knowledge development has been primarily limited to study of a single semester of early field experience (EFE), with findings from these investigations driving EFE design. The purpose of this research was to investigate what types of knowledge develop and how knowledge evolves and interacts to…

Discusses the definition of content knowledge for physical education, suggesting that teacher educators have largely given up the historic content knowledge of the field, thus eliminating the possibility of developing a serious body of pedagogical content knowledge for teaching. The paper examines the root problem in defining pre-professional…

Connects Daryl Siedentop's speech, "Content Knowledge for Physical Education," with two others: "Curriculum Innovation: Toward the 21st Century" and "Physical Activity Cultures for Children and Youth: Redefining Physical Education," responding to seven issues: the nature of content knowledge; status, professional…

Describes the theoretical framework, methodology, and results of two scientific programs on content in physical education (PE): pedagogical content knowledge and the didactics of PE. Their similarities and differences and each one's contribution to teaching and learning of PE content are noted. Common themes (understanding processes at the origin…

This collection of articles on the Georgia State University Physical Education Teacher Education Assessment Project focuses on: a project description; using the development, research, and improvement model; research methodology; assessing dispositions, knowledge, and pedagogical knowledge; cooperating teachers' perspectives; locating indicators of…

A study of the impact of teacher education programs on 20 student teachers found that the degree to which students incorporated general pedagogical knowledge into teaching was contingent on placement, setting, support of the cooperating teacher, influence of pupils, and level the student teacher was teaching. Participants had greater difficulty…