Growing the Tree of Teacher Knowledge: Ten Years of Learning to Teach Elementary Science

Autor/inn/en	Mulholland, Judith; Wallace, John
Titel	Growing the Tree of Teacher Knowledge: Ten Years of Learning to Teach Elementary Science
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 42 (2005) 7, S.767-790 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4308
DOI	10.1002/tea.20073
Schlagwörter	Beginning Teachers; Teacher Characteristics; Figurative Language; Student Teachers; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Elementary School Science; Science Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Elementary School Teachers; Knowledge Base for Teaching; Teacher Improvement; Teaching Experience; Science Instruction; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Junior teacher; Junglehrer; Lehramtsstudent; Lehramtsstudentin; Referendar; Referendarin; Pädagogische Kompetenz; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Lehrerverhalten; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Teaching theory; Theory of teaching; Unterrichtstheorie; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	Pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) is a much debated and studied construct. In this article, we adopt an all-embracing view of PCK to examine the development of one elementary science teacher's knowledge over a 10-year period. We portray this teacher's knowledge at three critical points in her career--as a student teacher, beginning teacher, and established teacher--and represent and analyze the growth of her science PCK using the metaphor of a knowledge tree. The tree metaphor shows that while science knowledge begins as the major branch of science PCK, it is soon overshadowed by the general teaching and interactive knowledge branches of science PCK; however, taken together, all three branches contribute over time to the formation of a healthy, established tree of science PCK. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10