PCK_2

Chapter 2 (PCK)

This chapter was highlighted on these issues :

•  PCK  is a knowledge that teacher develop over time through experience by using the particular ways to teach the content  and enhanced the student for understanding.

Teaching

Teaching Summary

The main issues that were discussed include :

• Teaching is not telling,and listening is not learning, the teacher must teach for understanding  using the suitable pedagogy .So teacher need to design the effective effective environment and give the support and scaffolding for student.  

Web 2.0

 Web 2.0 Technologies,New Media Literacies,and Science Education: Exploring the Potential to Transform  Summary Article

    This chapter explains that is the time to integrate web 2.0 technology in the learning. it shows two examples  to prove that.The first example is Mr. K , a math teacher , feels his students need more time to understand the concept ,so he integrated the blogging into classroom dialy, his students use the blog for answering ,reminding, etc.the student expressed that the blog  help him to understanding the concept. the other example is  Ms Frizzle, science teacher, she tried to implement student-centered, inquiry -based science instruction to empower her student, and the blogging community provide that.

PCK

Pedagogical Content Knowledge: Twenty-Five Years Later Summary

Maher Hashweh

This chapter  reviews the research about the construct of pedagogical content Knowledge (PCK) over 25 years. It displays the vagueness of PCK conceptualization  , its validity ,and it’s utlity. Shulman (1986) defined the PCK as subcategory of teacher content  knowledge beside curriculum knowledge and subject matter knowledge . Then, he defined PCK in 1987 as a category of teacher knowledge included content knowledge, pedagogical knowledge, curriculum knowledge, knowledge of learners and it’s characteristics, educational context knowledge, knowledge of ends, purpose and values,and resource knowledge.

Self Reflection (PCK)

PCK is a new topic for me, I'm so pleasure in lecture that discuss this topic because I need to  understand  PCK deeply and foucs on sides that the teachers lost in this day.