5400 Section 5: Pedagogical Content Knowledge

Content Knowledge is...

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Knowledge about the actual subject matter that is to be learned or taught. Which includes: 1. knowledge of central facts, concepts, theories and procedures within a given field 2. knowledge of explanatory frameworks that organize and connect ideas; 3. knowledge of the rules of evidence and proof; 4. the nature of knowledge and inquiry in different fields

Pedagogical Knowledge is....

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a generic for of knowledge that is involved in all issues of: 1. student learning 2. classroom management 3. lesson plan development and implementation 4. student evaluation

Pedagogical Knowledge is....

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knowledge about the processes and practices or methods of teaching and learning knowledge about the process and practices or methods of teaching and learning knowledge about techniques or methods to be used in the classroom knowledge of strategies for evaluating student understanding

Pedagogical Knowledge is....

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knowledge of how students: 1. construct knowledge 2. acquire skills 3. develop habits of mind and positive dispositions toward learning requires an understanding of theories of learning related to: 1. cognitive 2. social 3. developmental

Pedagogical Content Knowledge is...

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knowing what teaching approaches fit the content knowing how elements of the content can be arranged for better teaching different from the knowledge of a disciplinary expert different from the general pedagogical knowledge shared by teachers across disciplines concerned with: 1. the representation and formulation of concepts 2. pedagogical techniques knowledge of what makes concepts difficult or easy to learn knowledge of students' prior knowledge knowledge of theories of epistemology.

Pedagogical Content is...

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knowledge of teaching strategies that incorporate appropriate conceptual representations in order to foster meaningful understanding and address learner: 1. difficulties 2. misconceptions knowledge of what the students bring to the learning situation knowledge that might be either facilitative or dysfunctional for the particular learning task at hand knowledge of students that includes: 1. their strategies 2. prior conceptions (both ''na ̈ıve'' and instructionally produced) 3. misconceptions that they are likely to have about a particular domain potential 4. misapplications of prior knowledge.

Academic Language

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academic language is closely related to pedagogical content knowledge We often think about academic language as jargon or insider language -- ways of communicating that is specific to a particular group. Academic language is the oral and written language, sometimes accompanied by visuals such as pictures or charts, needed by students to understand and communicate in the academic disciplines for specific purposes and often for a distant audience