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Pedagogical content knowledge: An example from secondary school mathematics
Citation
Wood, E. (2003). Pedagogical content knowledge: An example from secondary school mathematics. The Mathematics Educator, 7(1), 49-61. https://math.nie.edu.sg/ame/matheduc/journal/v7_1/v71_49.aspx
Author
Wood, Eric
Abstract
Despite the passage of 15 years, Shulman's (1987) seminal work on pedagogical content knowledge remains important because of the acknowledgement it gives to an old teacher adage: "You don't know a subject until you've taught it." This bit of folk wisdom suggests that although content knowledge is important for teaching (Anderson, 1989; McDiarmid, Ball, & Anderson, 1989; Ball, 1993) there is a special (and perhaps different) way of knowing that is cynicial for effective teaching. Shulman's introduction to the literature of the term pedagogical content knowledge provided a framework which could allow researchers and scholars to explore more systematically the intuitive notion that expert teachers possess a kind of deeper and richer understanding that permits them to transform more effectively their own knowledge into forms that are accessible to students.
Date Issued
2003
Publisher
Association of Mathematics Educators
Journal
The Mathematics Educator