Although trigonometry is an important section in secondary school mathematics curricula, many teachers find it challenging to teach as a result of insufficient pedagogical content knowledge (PCK). Therefore, the aim this article was report on how PCK manifests itself teachers' practice. This exploratory case study underpinned by for teaching (MKT) model Hill et al. (2008). Twelve were purposefu...

This study reports mixed-methods research findings, which assesses the level of mathematics teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) in selected secondary schools Zanzibar. A Likert-scale questionnaire related to PCK self-assessment was administered 69 teachers, 12 whom were observed three times during lesson delivery their respective classrooms. Both descriptive, inferential, and qualitat...

In this article we report about a study to assess Dutch teachers’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK), with special focus on programming as a topic in secondary school Informatics education. For this research, we developed an online research instrument: the Online Teacher PCK Analyser (OTPA). The results show that Dutch teachers’ PCK scores between low and medium. Also we enquired whether there...

Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) has been introduced as a conceptual framework for the knowledge base teachers need to effectively teach with technology. The framework stems from the notion that technology integration in a specific educational context benefits from a careful alignment of content, pedagogy and the potential of technology, and that teachers who want to integrat...

Article History: Received 29.04.2017 Received in revised form 06.06.2017 Accepted 15.07.2017 Available online 27.07.2017 This study was conducted to enhance a small group of preservice science teachers’ (PSTs’) pedagogical content knowledge by adapting microteaching lesson study into Science Teaching Laboratory Applications course. The study was an action research including the researcher and 1...