Develop+Pedagogical+Content+Knowledge

=Overview=

> "...beginning teachers have incomplete and superficial levels of PCK [pedagogical content knowledge], and, that their PCK will continually grow with teaching experience." (Angeli and Valanides, 2008, p. 9)

Shulman (1986) said that effective teachers must possess two domains of knowledge, pedagogical and content. Teachers who have these two domains of knowledge will:
 * have an understanding of what makes the learning of specific topics easy or difficult
 * know that students of different ages and backgrounds bring different conceptions and preconceptions to the learning of topics and lessons
 * have knowledge of a number of strategies to offset these conceptions and preconceptions

On the wikipage discussion board below, you will post a brief paragraph that describes a domain of knowledge observed in a lesson //__**you taught**__// or //__**observed being taught**__//. You are doing this so that you can build your domains of knowledge.

Directions
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 * 1) This week you did two or all of the following:
 * 2) taught a lesson (make sure you write about a lesson taught or observed in EDU 312)
 * 3) observed a lesson being taught
 * 4) co-planned a lesson
 * 1) Choose //__**ONE**__// **Domain of Knowledge** (from the list below) and write a paragraph that describes how YOU or the teacher you observed displayed //__**at least one characteristic**__// of that domain of knowledge.
 * 2) Content Knowledge
 * 3) Pedagogical Knowledge
 * 4) Pedagogical Content Knowledge
 * 1) Look at an example response that would merit full credit - click here -
 * 1) Review the rubric //__**you and I**__// will use to evaluate your response
 * 2) [[file:YourName_PCK Rubric_V3#_.xls]]
 * 1) Before you post your response, evaluate your response with the rubric (by filling it out) and place the rubric in the shared dropbox folder, so that I may evaluate your response too.
 * 1) All postings are due on the dates specified on the discussion board.
 * 1) Now, post your response on the discussion board.

Domains of Knowledge Discussion Board
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