Lärares teknikdidaktiska kompetens och dess betydelse för elevers teknikintresse

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-57
Author(s):  
Gunilla Mattsson
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Pedagogical Content Knowledge ◽  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Upper Secondary School ◽  
Compulsory School ◽  
Pedagogical Content ◽  
Upper Secondary ◽  
Strongly Connected ◽  
Interest In Technology

In Sweden there is presently a discussion about the benefit of pedagogical content knowledge for teachers in compulsory school. The results of the study indicate that the pupils get an increased interest in technology, which is positively correlated to the didactic competence of the teachers in technology. This competence is strongly connected to the teachers’ formal studies in technology education.Their teaching increased the interest of the pupils in technology and in choosing technology for upper secondary school. The educated teachers also presented teaching much more in accordance with the Swedish curriculum Lpo94 than the non-educated teachers.

scholarly journals Conceptualizing content-related PD facilitator expertise

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Prediger ◽  
Bettina Roesken-Winter ◽  
Rebekka Stahnke ◽  
Birte Pöhler
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Pedagogical Content Knowledge ◽  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Situated Learning ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Pedagogical Content ◽  
Situational Demands ◽  
Classroom Level

AbstractStudies of facilitators of professional development (PD) for mathematics teachers have been increasing in order to improve their preparation for conducting PD. However, specifications of what facilitators should learn often lack a conceptualization that captures facilitators’ expertise for different PD content. In this article, we provide a framework for facilitator expertise that is in line with current conceptualizations but makes explicit the content-related aspects of such expertise. The framework for content-related facilitator expertise combines cognitive and situated perspectives and allows unpacking different components at the PD level and the classroom level. Using two illustrative cases of different PD content (probability education in primary school and language-responsive mathematics teaching in secondary school), we exemplify how the framework can help to analyze facilitators’ practices in content-related ways in a descriptive mode. This analysis reveals valuable insights that support designers of facilitator preparation programs to specify what facilitators should learn in a prescriptive mode. We particularly emphasize the importance of working on content-related aspects, unpacking the PD content goals into the content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge elements on the classroom level and developing facilitators’ pedagogical content knowledge on the PD level (PCK-PD), which includes curricular knowledge, as well as knowledge about teachers’ typical thinking about a specific PD content. Situated learning opportunities in facilitator preparation programs can support facilitators to activate these knowledge elements for managing typical situational demands in PD.

scholarly journals Langtidseffekter av skolegang og lærerutdanning på småskolelæreres kompetanseutvikling

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Sigrid Blömeke ◽  
Jessica Hoth ◽  
Gabriele Kaiser
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Grade Point Average ◽  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Primary Teachers ◽  
Upper Secondary School ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Upper Secondary

I denne longitudinelle studien ble 131 grunnskolelærere (1. til 4. trinn) fulgt opp fra det siste året i lærerutdanningen og gjennom de fire første årene i lærerjobb. Lærerne tok standardiserte tester i matematikk (matematikkunnskap) og matematikkdidaktikk (matematikkdidaktisk kunnskap) ved slutten av lærerutdanningen i 2008 og en gang til etter fire års arbeid som lærer, i 2012. I tillegg tok de etter fire år i jobb en standardisert videobasert test som måler ferdigheter i å oppdage og tolke situasjoner som oppstår under matematikkundervisning i klasserommet, samt evne til å ta avgjørelser om handling når det gjelder disse situasjonene (matematikkrelaterte praksisferdigheter). De målte kunnskapene og ferdighetene ble deretter relatert til grunnskolelærernes utdanningsløp ved hjelp av strukturelle ligningsmodeller med manifeste variabler (path analysis). Som forventet fant vi sterke langtidseffekter. Lærernes gjennomsnittskarakter fra avsluttende skoleeksamen predikerte sterkt deres matematikkrelaterte kunnskapsnivå og deres praksisferdigheter 10 til 12 år senere (etter fire år i jobb). Enda sterkere relatert til kunnskapsnivået i matematikk og matematikkdidaktikk etter fire år i jobb var typen matematikk-kurs de hadde tatt på videregående skole (avansert kurs vs. basiskurs). Derimot hadde typen skolematematikk-kurs ingen signifikant effekt på lærernes praksisferdigheter. Kunnskap i matematikk og matematikkdidaktikk ved slutten av lærerutdanningen korrelerte også signifikant med lærernes kunnskap fire år senere, mens effektene på praksisferdigheter var ubetydelig. Gjennomsnittskarakteren på den avsluttende brede lærerutdanningseksamenen hadde ingen signifikant effekt på lærernes matematikkrelaterte kunnskap eller ferdigheter. Alle langsiktige effekter av skolegang ble mediert gjennom lærerutdanningen. Når det gjelder videre forskning er en viktig konklusjon at det må undersøkes nøyere hva som påvirker praksisferdigheter. I tillegg er utvalgskriterier ved starten av lærerutdanningen et stikkord som burde diskuteres; et annet stikkord er hvilke muligheter studenter har til å lære seg matematikk og matematikkdidaktikk under grunnskolelærerutdanningen.Nøkkelord: lærerkompetanse, longitudinell studie, grunnskolelærere, kompetanseutvikling, matematikkunnskap, lærerutdanning Long-term effects of schooling and teacher education on primary teachers’ mathematics-related competence developmentAbstract131 primary teachers (grades 1 to 4) were followed during the transition from teacher education to the teaching profession in a four-year longitudinal study. The teachers took standardized tests of their mathematics content knowledge (MCK) and their mathematics pedagogical content knowledge (MPCK) in their last year of teacher education and after four years on the job. In addition, they took a standardized test based on video-vignettes to examine the perception, interpretation and decision-making skills needed in the teaching of mathematics (M_PID). Path analysis was applied to regress these outcomes on teachers’ schooling and teacher education. As hypothesized, strong long-term effects were found. Teachers’ grade-point average from upper secondary school predicted significantly MCK, MPCK and M_PID 12 years later (after four years on the job). The type of course in school mathematics taken in upper secondary school predicted MCK and MPCK even more strongly, but not M_PID. MCK and MPCK at the end of teacher education predicted significantly MCK and MPCK four years later but only marginally M_PID. The grade-point average from teacher education did not predict any of the outcomes. All long-term effects of schooling were mediated through teacher education. With regard to research tasks resulting from this study, it seems to be important to examine predictors of M_PID in more detail. With regard to policy conclusions, the results suggest the need to discuss selection criteria at the beginning of teacher education, and opportunities to learn mathematics and mathematics education during primary teacher education.Keywords: teacher competence, longitudinal study, primary school teachers, competence development, mathematics knowledge, teacher education

scholarly journals Analysis of a Moodle-based training program about the Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Evolution Theory and Natural Selection

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Panagiotis K. Stasinakis ◽  
Michail Kalogiannnakis
Keyword(s):  
Natural Selection ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Pedagogical Content Knowledge ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
Teaching Style ◽  
School Science ◽  
Evolution Theory ◽  
Pedagogical Content

In this study we aim to find out whether a training program for secondary school science teachers which wasorganized based on the model of Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK), could improve their individual PCK for aspecific scientific issue. The Evolution Theory (ET) and the Natural Selection (NS) were chosen as the scientificissues of interest. Both of them are fundamental in biology teaching, especially the ET which can be taught as aunifying theory of biology. The individual PCK of teachers can be improved by strengthening its components:knowledge, pedagogy and managing the context. The principals and content of the seminar were decided based onthe results of another study among Greek teachers for the characteristics of their PCK about ET, NS and Nature OfScience (NoS). The seminar involved 16 secondary school teachers. We found that all trainees improved theirindividual PCK and felt adequate to teach more effectively the ET and the NS to their students. All participantsthrough the activities they performed, moved to a more constructive and learner-centered teaching style compare towhat they used to do before the training program.

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