Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Inquiry: An instrument to document it and its application to high school science teachers

https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED520684

Authors of this study explore Pedagogical Inquiry/Content Knowledge (PICK), that is, the knowledge necessary to teach a particular topic effectively through inquiry.
It is argued that the lack of consensus on what constitutes an inquiry-based approach makes the generalization about it difficult, because the concept is relatively unspecific and vague. This problem can partially be solved by constructing a set of activities promoted by inquiry, therefore defining the inquiry objectives for classroom and laboratory teaching.

Suggested Citation

Espinosa-Bueno, Juana Silvia; Labastida-Pina, Diana Veronica; Padilla-Martinez, Kira; Garritz, Andoni,Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Inquiry: An Instrument to Assess It and Its Application to High School In-Service Science Teachers ; Online Submission, US-China Education Review v8 n5 p599-614 May 2011