Latin-American teachers' pedagogical content knowledge of the particulate nature of matter/Conocimiento pedagógico de profesores latinoamericanos sobre la naturaleza corpuscular de la materia

From: Journal of Science Education | Date: January 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

Abstract

A documentation of 16 Mexican and Argentinean teachers 'pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) concerning the teaching of the particulate nature of matter has been developed, following Loughran et al's methodology of Content Representations (CoRe) and Pedagogical and Professional experience Repertoires (PaP-eRs). A comparison is made between our three groups of teachers' answers of the central ideas related to the teaching of the topic with a previously informed one made by Australian teachers. A consensus version of the central ideas of Latin-American teachers was reached afterwards, ...

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