Initial Publication Date: January 2, 2019
Pedagogical Content Knowledge Working Group
Vision Statement
Graduates of Washington's Teacher Preparation Programs draw on and continue to develop a robust pedagogical content knowledge concerning STEM topics, so that all of their students learn concepts and skills needed to make sense of the world and participate fully in STEM. The PCK working group will foster connections between education faculty, STEM education faculty, and content faculty to strengthen the use of PCK in all classes for future teachers.
Resources Developed By Working Group
(Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 38kB Jun13 22) PCK chart aligned with CCDEI and SEL standards (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 38kB Jun13 22)
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STEM Teacher Preparation: Developing Pedagogical Content Knowledge with the Neurodivergent Student in Mind (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 4.9MB Jun13 22)
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Developing Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) across the Educator Career Span (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 548kB Jun13 22)
(Acrobat (PDF) 181kB Aug7 19) Pedagogical Content Knowledge Institutional Landscape Analysis (Acrobat (PDF) 181kB Aug7 19)
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High School Introduction Literature Review in Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Science Teachers (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 835kB Mar5 19)
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High School PCK in Physical Science (Physics and Chemistry) (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 465kB Mar5 19)
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Pedagogical Content Knowlege - Secondary Mathematics (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 2.9MB Mar5 19)
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Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) for Elementary School Teachers - Science (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 130kB Mar5 19)
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Pedagogical Content Knowledge - Elementary Mathematics (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 1.2MB Mar5 19)
Introduction to the Pedagogical Content Knowledge Working Group.
Key Goals and Objectives
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Goal 1: Create and share a common understanding of Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK)
- To operationalize PCK overall and then at the level of individual disciplines through literature reviews.
- To develop a vision with goals and objectives for PCK work over the next four years.
- To create a document of 6 sub-domains of PCK.
Members of the PCK group will conduct a literature review on PCK according to the following disciplines and grade level:
- Elementary level math
- Elementary level science
- Middle and high school level math
- High school level science
- Literacy
- Literature Review Presentations.
- Draft of vision, goals and objectives for PCK work for the next four years.
- A document cross-referencing specific research articles with 10 sub-domains of PCK.
Goal 2: Strengthen/Create strategic partnerships
- Develop a survey instrument to send to universities to discover how much PCK is explicit in their courses (especially methods courses).
- Collaborate with Organizational Change-Capacity Building working group to conceptualize Professional Development (PD) for Institutes of Higher Education(IHE) faculty.
- Create an adaptive, research-based model for improving STEM teacher preparation through collaboration.
- Survey protocol developed and disseminated in conjunction with working groups' queries of practices at Institutes of Higher Education.
- Meetings with members of the Organizational Change and Capacity Building working groups after their 2017 PD to complete a SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) of PD options for PCK.
- Landscape analysis table for universities to use to self-assess their proficiency in modeling and teaching PCK in STEM and teach education courses.
- Our landscape analysis has been disseminated to the NextGen STEM Teacher Preparation grant management team for distribution to involved universities.
Goal 3: Promote IHEs' engagement with PCK to impact teacher candidates' development and use of PCK
- Develop and deliver PD on PCK.
- Serve as consultants to teaching faculty and teacher education students.
- Have IHE instructors edit their courses as a result of PD.
- Recommend IHEs hire across-boundaries-content instructors (eg. math education).
- Meetings with individuals at IHEs; dissemination of information through structured professional development.
- Records of revised syllabi/lesson plans in STEM courses showing evidence of PCK components.
- Meetings with and participation on search committees at working group members' IHEs.
Goal 4: Leverage and develop resources
- Evaluate the impact our PD had on
- teaching faculty of STEM education courses
- preservice teachers
- Create a PCK guide.
- Survey populations of faculty and pre-service teachers to analyze evidence of PCK in STEM courses in the year following PD on PCK.
- A tangible product guiding faculty and teacher candidates in their understanding and use of PCK in STEM.
Working Group Members and Affiliations
Working Group Members
- Julie Antilla, Seattle Pacific, SOE, Co-PI
- Nalline Baliram, Seattle Pacific, SOE, Tier 1
- Jackie Coomes, Eastern Wash, Math, Tier 1
- Minhee Lee, Seattle Pacific, Chemistry, Tier 1
- John McNamara, Washington Science Teachers Association/WSU, Tier 1
- Kim Vincent, Washington State, College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), Tier 1
- Mary Ewart, Northwest University, Tier 2
- Debi Hanuscin, Western Wash., Tier 2
- Bo Idsardi Science Education, Tier 2
- Julie Lordon, Bremerton School Dist., Tier 2
- Kim Van Eaton, Marie Curie STEM Elem., Tier 2
- Kris Gritter, Seattle Pacific, SOE
- Kim Markworth, Western Wash., Elem math
- Stamatis Vokos, Cal Poly, Physics
Process, Methodology, and Decision Making
Members of the PCK working group participated in monthly meetings via Zoom video conferencing to accomplish the following tasks:
(I) development of the DRAFT-- Vision, Goals and Objectives for PCK work for the next four years
(II) conduct and present literature reviews within the working group to operationalize PCK overall
(III) create a document cross-referencing specific research articles with 10 sub-domains of PCK
(IV) develop a landscape analysis
(V) review and revise our vision
(VI) develop a PCK model to offer as professional development
Additionally, members participated in two large grant workshops: Diversity & Organizational Change, recruited champions to the workshops.
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