Examining Pedagogical Content Knowledge: The Construct and Its Implications for Science Education

by Julie Gess-Newsome

Since its emergence over two decades ago, the construct of pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) has significantly impacted preservice and inservice teacher education, educational policy, and educational research. PCK has served to re-focus educators' attention on the important role of subject matter in educational practice and away from the more generic approach to teacher education that dominated the field prior to 1975.
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402002750
• ISBN13: 9781402002755
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"