A Study in Contrast: Sources of Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Secondary English
- 1 September 1989
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Teacher Education
- Vol. 40 (5) , 24-31
- https://doi.org/10.1177/002248718904000504
Abstract
Grossman investigated the influence of subject-specific course- work in the development of pedagogical content knowledge in English through contrasting case studies of six beginning English teachers, only three of whom graduated from teacher education. She describes the differences in the teachers' knowl edge regarding the purposes for teaching secondary English, curricular knowledge, and knowledge of student understand ing.Keywords
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