A framework for the development of pedagogical content knowledge for secondary school statistics teachers
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Authors
Makina, Antonia
Issue Date
2013-11
Type
Dissertation
Language
en
Keywords
Statistics teachers , Teacher knowledge , Pedagogical content knowledge , Statistics , Professional development , Pedagogic knowledge , Subject-content knowledge , Professional development , Educators
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Abstract
The study developed and designed a pedagogical content knowledge framework to guide and support the professional development of pedagogical content knowledge to about 130 statistics teachers. It captured the experiences of teachers during the development of pedagogical content knowledge, to come up with the main themes that describe pedagogical content knowledge as the relevant knowledge for teaching Grade 11 and 12 statistics.
The study was overall qualitative in nature and supported by some quantitative data. Questionnaires, in-class facilitated tasks/activities, in-class facilitated discussions and observations were used as the main data collection instruments. This process revealed some significant themes, described as “missed opportunities”, which were defined as incidents in which pedagogical content knowledge was needed but not used. The thesis contributes to the theoretical and knowledge base of secondary school statistics teachers in the education system by providing measures that can be used to determine professional development needs of teachers.
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Citation
Makina, Antonia (2013) A framework for the development of pedagogical content knowledge for secondary school statistics teachers, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13851>