ERIC Number: ED571851
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Publication Date: 2007-Jun
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The Acquisition and Development of EFL Pre-Service Teachers' Pedagogical Content Knowledge about Classroom Management
Za'za', Mona Salem Mahmoud
Online Submission, Egyptian Association for Reading and Literacy v67 p1-27 Jun 2007
Classroom management is an important component of effective teaching. Despite its importance, little is known about how pre-service teachers acquire and develop pedagogical content knowledge about classroom management. This study explored the PCK about classroom management of 22 EFL student teachers enrolled in Dhahran Al-Janoub (K.S.A.) Faculty of Education for Girls. It also traced the development of this knowledge over a time span of a year of teacher education program using quantitative and qualitative techniques. A multi-method approach was used to allow triangulation of data and accessing the multifaceted nature of PCK. Results of the study revealed that PCK is a dynamic process of a developmental nature. Results also indicated an increase in the size and complexity of the knowledge about classroom management across the time span of a year of teacher education program. There was also a shift of interest in the classroom management themes under concern. Participants started with a simple conceptualization of classroom management as control/ discipline maintenance, moved to its conceptualization as classroom organization, use of nomination techniques, reward and punishment, preventing and reacting to problem behavior and ended with a more profound conceptualization of planning for learning, caring for students and teacher/ student relationship and responsibility for learning. Finally, the learners emphasized the role of direct teaching practice experiences and de-emphasized college classes in the acquisition and development of their PCK about classroom management.
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Preservice Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Teacher Effectiveness, Student Teachers, Statistical Analysis, Qualitative Research, Teacher Education Programs, Concept Mapping, Interviews, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Females
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Saudi Arabia
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