Learning from Rookie Mistakes: Critical Incidents in Developing Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Teaching Science to Teachers |
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| Authors: | Suleyman Cite Eun Lee Deepika Menon |
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| Institution: | 1. University of Missouri, USA;2. Wisdom Center, Seoul, Korea;3. Towson University, USA |
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| Abstract: | While there is a growing literature focused on doctoral preparation for teaching about science teaching, rarely have recommendations extended to preparation for teaching science content to teachers. We three doctoral students employ self-study as a research methodology to investigate our developing pedagogical content knowledge for teaching science to teachers during a mentored internship in an elementary teacher professional development program. With our mentor, we examine critical incidents in the experience that supported new insights about teaching teachers and about ways in which beginning teacher educators need to develop their existing pedagogical content knowledge for teaching science to students in order to teach science effectively to teachers. We emphasize ways in which doctoral internships can support this learning and how our respective cultures shaped our interactions with and perceptions of teachers as learners. |
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| Keywords: | Pedagogical content knowledge teacher education doctoral programs mentoring |
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