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Transforming content knowledge: a case study of an experienced science teacher teaching in a typical South African secondary school$$h[electronic resource]
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2014
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| author | Toerien, René |
| author2 | Case, Jenni |
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| institution | University of Cape Town (South Africa) |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/5609 Transforming content knowledge: a case study of an experienced science teacher teaching in a typical South African secondary school$$h[electronic resource] Toerien, René Case, Jenni Clark, Jonathan Engineering and the Built Environment Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references. The unique knowledge that teachers possess Shulman called pedagogical content knowledge or PCK. In the following 25 years many scholars have conceptualised PCK, and only recently, with an international PCK Summit, have attempts been made to consolidate this field. South Africa’s primary and secondary public education system is continuously under scrutiny, as it continues to perform poorly in international benchmarking assessments. The need to understand what is happening in our classrooms, especially in science and mathematics, is now more important than ever. In response to this need, this study investigated the classroom practice of a dedicated and experienced science teacher over a period of three years, as she taught the organic chemistry section of the Grade 12 Physical Sciences syllabus. PCK was used as a lens to focus on how teacher knowledge manifests in practice. 2014-07-31T11:39:51Z 2014-07-31T11:39:51Z 2013 Master Thesis Masters MPhil http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5609 eng application/pdf Continuous Professional Development Unit Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Engineering and the Built Environment Toerien, René Transforming content knowledge: a case study of an experienced science teacher teaching in a typical South African secondary school$$h[electronic resource] |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Transforming content knowledge: a case study of an experienced science teacher teaching in a typical South African secondary school$$h[electronic resource] |
| title_full | Transforming content knowledge: a case study of an experienced science teacher teaching in a typical South African secondary school$$h[electronic resource] |
| title_fullStr | Transforming content knowledge: a case study of an experienced science teacher teaching in a typical South African secondary school$$h[electronic resource] |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transforming content knowledge: a case study of an experienced science teacher teaching in a typical South African secondary school$$h[electronic resource] |
| title_short | Transforming content knowledge: a case study of an experienced science teacher teaching in a typical South African secondary school$$h[electronic resource] |
| title_sort | transforming content knowledge a case study of an experienced science teacher teaching in a typical south african secondary school h electronic resource |
| topic | Engineering and the Built Environment |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5609 |
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