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Content Knowledge for Teaching: What Makes It Special?

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In this paper, the authors developed a practice-based theory of content knowledge for teaching built on Shulman's (1986) notion of pedagogical content knowledge and applied it to the problem of teaching.
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This article reports the authors' efforts to develop a practice-based theory of content knowledge for teaching built on Shulman's (1986) notion of pedagogical content knowledge. As the concept of p...

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Validation of a Common Content Knowledge Test for Soccer.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors define the concept of common content knowledge as "teacher knowledge of rules, techniques, and tactics" which is essential for effective teaching of physical education.
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Developing Content Knowledge for Teaching Assessments for the Measures of Effective Teaching Study

TL;DR: The MET study was designed to develop a set of measures that together serve as an accurate indicator of teaching effectiveness as discussed by the authors, which was implemented during the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 school years with more than 3,000 teachers in 6 predominately urban school districts.
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Transitioning to the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics: A Mixed Methods Study of Elementary Teachers’ Experiences and Perspectives

TL;DR: The authors explored elementary teachers' experiences with and perspectives on the recently implemented Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSS-Mathematics) at a high-needs, urban school and found that teachers believed in the merit of the standards but were constrained by their inadequate content knowledge, limited aligned curricular resources, lack of student readiness, and a perceived mismatch with ELLs.
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A historical subject-didactical genetic analysis of Life Skills education in early childhood

TL;DR: In this paper, a historical research inquiry was conducted to explicate how the subject Beginning Knowledge has developed historically, by means of critically analysing international and national views on Education, Society and Technology over a period of six hundred and fifteen years.
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The Role of Opportunities to Learn in Teacher Preparation for EFL Teachers’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge

TL;DR: The authors examined the connection between domain-specific learning opportunities in English as a foreign language (EFL) teacher preparation and preservice EFL teachers' pedagogical content knowledge (PCK).
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Those Who Understand: Knowledge Growth in Teaching

TL;DR: In this paper, Shulman observa la historia de evaluaciones docentes, noting that the evaluación docente parecia preocuparse tanto por los conocimientos, como el siglo anterior se preoccupaba por la pedagogia.

CONOCIMIENTO Y ENSEÑANZA: FUNDAMENTOS DE LA NUEVA REFORMA 1 Knowledge and Teaching: Foundations of the New Reform

TL;DR: Lee S. Shulman as mentioned in this paper builds his foundation for teachi ng reform on an idea of teaching that emphasizes comprension and reasoning, transformation and reflection, and argues that this emphasis is justified by the resoluteness with which research and policy have so blatantly ignored those aspects of teaching in the past.
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Knowledge and Teaching: Foundations of the New Reform

TL;DR: Lee S. Shulman as mentioned in this paper builds his foundation for teaching reform on an idea of teaching that emphasizes comprehension and reasoning, transformation and reflection. "This emphasis is justified," he writes,...

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Adding It Up: Helping Children Learn Mathematics

TL;DR: Adding It Up explores how students in pre-K through 8th grade learn mathematics and recommends how teaching, curricula, and teacher education should change to improve mathematics learning during these critical years.
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What does content knowledge means?

Content knowledge refers to the understanding and mastery of subject matter that teachers possess.