CoRe: A way to build pedagogical content knowledge for beginning teachers

Project Description

Research has shown that one of the factors which enable effective teachers is their rich pedagogical content knowledge (PCK). Beginning teachers need support to develop this PCK and CoRes (Content Representations) have been proposed as a model for doing this. The study reported here brought together science and technology experts in content and pedagogy, early career secondary teachers, and researchers to design a CoRe to assist development of teacher pedagogical content knowledge (PCK). The study then researched the early career teachers’ use of the CoRe in their planning and delivery of a unit in their classrooms to examine the impact of the CoRe on teaching and learning, and on the development of the teachers’ PCK.

Project Contact

Dr Chris Eames, Centre for Science and Technology Education Research,
University of Waikato,
Email: c.eames@waikato.ac.nz