Investigating development of pre-service elementary mathematics teachers' pedagogical content knowledge through a school practicum course


AKKOÇ H., YEŞİLDERE İMRE S.

2nd World Conference on Educational Sciences (WCES-2010), İstanbul, Turkey, 4 - 08 February 2010, vol.2, pp.1410-1415 identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • Volume: 2
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.03.210
  • City: İstanbul
  • Country: Turkey
  • Page Numbers: pp.1410-1415
  • Keywords: Pedagogical content knowledge, number pattern, school practicum course, SECONDARY TEACHERS
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

This study investigates pre-service elementary mathematics teachers' development of pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) through a school practicum course. Four components of PCK were determined and used for the design of the school practicum course. A case study was designed to investigate two pre-service teachers' PCK development with regard to number patterns. Data indicated that observations in real classroom settings and discussions of these observations resulted in considerable improvement in pre-service teachers' PCK especially with regard to the knowledge of student difficulties. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.