Examining Pedagogical Content Knowledge: The Construct and its Implications for Science Education

Since its emergence over two decades ago, the construct of pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) has significantly impacted preservice and inservice teacher education, educational policy, and educational research. PCK has served to re-focus educators' attention on the important role of subject matter in educational practice and away from the more generic approach to teacher education that dominated the field prior to 1975.

This ambitious text is the first of its kind to summarize the theory,...