Outputs (3)

Pedagogical Content Knowledge in science education: potential and perspectives for progress (2009)
Journal Article
Kind, V. (2009). Pedagogical Content Knowledge in science education: potential and perspectives for progress. Studies in Science Education, 45(2), 169-204. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057260903142285

Pedagogical content knowledge (PCK), since its inception as teacher-specific professional knowledge, has been researched extensively. Drawing on a wide range of literature, this paper seeks to clarify how the potential offered by PCK could be utilise... Read More about Pedagogical Content Knowledge in science education: potential and perspectives for progress.

Qualified to teach? How personal and academic characteristics of pre-service science teachers compare with their understandings of basic chemical ideas. (2009)
Conference Proceeding
Kind, V., & Kind, P. (2009). Qualified to teach? How personal and academic characteristics of pre-service science teachers compare with their understandings of basic chemical ideas.

A conflict in your head: An exploration of trainee science teachers' subject matter knowledge development and its impact on teacher self-confidence (2009)
Journal Article
Kind, V. (2009). A conflict in your head: An exploration of trainee science teachers' subject matter knowledge development and its impact on teacher self-confidence. International Journal of Science Education, 31(11), 1529-1562. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500690802226062

Teachers' subject matter knowledge (SMK) is one factor contributing to teaching 'successfully', as this provides a basis from which pedagogical content knowledge develops. UK-based trainee science teachers teach all sciences to age 14 and often up to... Read More about A conflict in your head: An exploration of trainee science teachers' subject matter knowledge development and its impact on teacher self-confidence.