Knowing the Subject Matter of a Secondary-School Science Subject

Autor/in	Deng, Zongyi
Titel	Knowing the Subject Matter of a Secondary-School Science Subject
Quelle	In: Journal of Curriculum Studies, 39 (2007) 5, S.503-535 (33 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0272
Schlagwörter	Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Science Curriculum; Science Teachers; Secondary Education; Secondary School Teachers; Knowledge Base for Teaching; Epistemology; Intellectual Disciplines; Curriculum Development; Psychology; Sociocultural Patterns + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pädagogische Kompetenz; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Sekundarbereich; Teaching theory; Theory of teaching; Unterrichtstheorie; Erkenntnistheorie; Geisteswissenschaften; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Psychologie; Soziokulturelle Theorie
Abstract	This paper examines the fundamental yet largely neglected distinction between school subjects and academic disciplines in the discourse on teachers' specialized subject-matter knowledge. It analyses and critiques the curricular positions embedded in that discourse in the light of five possible relationships between school subjects and academic disciplines. Invoking Dewey's logical-psychological distinction and research findings, the paper argues that the subject matter of a secondary-school science subject instead of the subject matter of its parent academic discipline lies at the heart of secondary-school science teachers' specialized subject-matter knowledge. Knowing such subject matter entails knowing five intersecting dimensions: the logical, the psychological, the pedagogical, the epistemological, and the sociocultural. Implications are drawn concerning theorizing about what secondary-school science teachers need to know about the subject matter they are expected to teach, subject-matter preparation for teaching, and the development of secondary-school science curriculum materials. (Contains 2 tables and 22 notes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10