Exploring mathematics and science teachers' knowledge : windows into teacher thinking / edited by Hamsa Venkat, Marissa Rollnick, John Loughran and Mike Askew.

Other author Venkat, Hamsa, 1967- editor.
Format Book
PublicationLondon ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.
Descriptionxxi, 213 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Pt. I. Overviews of mathematics and science knowledge for teaching -- 1. Mathematics teachers' content knowledge / Mike Askew -- 2. Science teachers' content knowledge / Vanessa Kind -- Pt. II. Challenges to current formulations -- 3. Improving PCK and CK in pre-service chemistry teachers / Elizabeth Mavhunga -- 4. Recognising and illuminating connections in proportional relationships / Sarah Bansilal -- 5. Novice unqualified graduate science teachers' topic specific pedagogical content knowledge, content knowledge and their beliefs about teaching / Phihlo Pitjeng -- 6. Teaching division: the importance of coherence in what is made available to learn / Corin Mathews -- 7. Profiling chemistry teachers' changing PCK trajectories / Mpunki Nakedi -- Pt. III. Applying/combining existing frameworks: new insights -- 8. Planting the seed: scaffolding the PCK development of pre-service science teachers / Adam Bertram and John Loughran -- 9. Teachers' mathematical discourse in instruction: focus on examples and explanations / Jill Adler and Hamsa Venkat -- 10. Using self-study to learn new topics in chemistry: a case study of three practising teachers / Marissa Rollnick -- 11. A love for mathematical playfulness as a key ingredient of mathematical knowledge for teaching / Mellony Graven and Marc Schafer -- 12. Developing an instrument to assess grade 12 teachers' TSPCK in organic chemistry / Bette Davidowitz and Nonkanyiso Vokwana -- 13. Recognizing and valuing teachers' professional knowledge of practice / John Loughran.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2013047286
ISBN9780415713870 (hbk)
ISBN0415713870 (hbk)

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