The characteristics of Dutch experienced history teachers' PCK in the context of a curriculum innovation

To relate the content knowledge of teachers more specifically to teaching practice, Lee Shulman (1986) proposed the concept of Pedagogical Content Knowledge as a specific and unique form of teacher knowledge. In this thesis, I define PCK as: “the knowledge of, reasoning behind, and planning for teaching a particular topic in a particular way for a particular purpose to particular students for enhanced student outcomes” (Gess-Newsome, 2015, p. 36). Following the model of Magnusson and colleagues (1999) 5 PCK elements are defined: (1) knowledge of instructional strategies and representations, i.... Mehr ...