Re-examining Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Science Educati... - 9781138832992

Taylor & Francis

Re-examining Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Science EducationAuthor(s): Amanda Berry, Patricia Friedrichsen, John Loughran\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138832992, 978-1138832992\nSynopsis\nPedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) has been adapted, adopted, and taken up in a diversity of ways in science education since the concept was introduced in the mid-1980s. Now that it is so well embedded within the language of teaching and learning, research and knowledge about the construct needs to be more useable and applicable to the work of science teachers, especially so in these times when standards and other measures are being used to define their knowledge, skills, and abilities. \n\nRe-examining Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Science Education is organized around three themes: Re-examining PCK: Issues, ideas and development; Research developments and trajectories; Emerging themes in PCK research. Featuring the .