From teaching physics to teaching children : beginning teachers learning from pupils
Findlay, Morag and Bryce, Thomas (2012) From teaching physics to teaching children : beginning teachers learning from pupils. International Journal of Science Education, 34 (17). pp. 2727-2750. ISSN 0950-0693 (https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2012.728012)
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Abstract
This paper discusses the development of beginning physics teachers' pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) in the context of teaching basic electricity during a one-year Professional Graduate Diploma in Education course (PGDE) and beyond. This longitudinal study used repeated semi-structured interviews over a period of four-and-a-half years. The interview schedule followed a line of development through the secondary school electrical syllabus in Scotland. Fifteen student teachers were interviewed during the PGDE year. Six of them were followed up at the end of the Induction Year (their first year as a newly qualified teacher), and again two-and-a-half years later. Thematic analysis of the interviews showed that before the beginning teachers had taught any classes, their initial focus was on how to transform their own subject matter knowledge (SMK) about electricity into forms that were accessible to pupils. As the beginning teachers gained experience working with classes, they gave vivid descriptions of interacting with particular pupils when teaching electricity which showed the development of their pedagogical knowledge. This played a significant role in the teachers' change of focus from teaching physics to teaching children as they transformed their SMK into forms that were accessible to pupils and developed their general pedagogical knowledge.
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Findlay, Morag ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5852-0410 and Bryce, Thomas;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 42000 Dates: DateEvent2012Published16 October 2012Published OnlineNotes: This is pre-print of an article published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Science Education on 16 Oct 2012, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09500693.2012.728012 Subjects: Education > Theory and practice of education Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Strathclyde Institute of Education > Education Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 12 Nov 2012 16:44 Last modified: 06 Sep 2024 00:37 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/42000