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Publication Date: 2013
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Pre-Service Teachers' Pedagogical Content Knowledge: Implications for Teaching
Marshman, Margaret; Porter, Glorianne
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) (36th, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2013)
Effective teachers have good pedagogical content knowledge (PCK). Pedagogical content knowledge is the intersection of discipline specific content knowledge and pedagogical knowledge. How effectively are pre-service teachers helped to develop good PCK? In this project we asked our pre-service teachers how they would respond to a particular student misconception before and after teaching three topics, to determine if there had been any growth in their PCK. Although the pre-service teachers had deepened their knowledge on teaching specific mathematics content, few changed their answer to the question or showed a deeper understanding of what the student had understood. This then has implications for our teaching--we need to make our thinking explicit so that pre-service teachers can see the complexity of these issues.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts, Foreign Countries, Fractions, Teacher Effectiveness
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Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
Identifiers - Location: Australia
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