I am focusing on the Knowledge Base for teaching PE. It is described as the information an effective PE teacher should know in order to successfully educate their students. Lee Shulman, in 1987, created a very popular knowledge base that has been most popular in teacher education programs. It has been accredited under the National Council on Accreditation for Teacher Education (NCATE). His knowledge base is widely used across the country by many physical educators, and there are seven categories of Shulman's knowledge base for teaching.
They are...
1. Content knowledge: Knowledge about the subject matter to be taught.
2. General pedagogical knowledge: Knowledge about teaching methods that pertain to all subjects and situations.
3. Pedagogical content knowledge: Knowledge about how to teach a subject or topic to specific groups of students in a specific context.
4. Curriculum knowledge: Knowledge about developmentally appropriate context and programs at each grade level.
5. Knowledge of educational contexts: Knowledge about the impact of context on instruction.
6. Knowledge of learners and their characteristics: Knowledge about human learning as it applies to teacher.
7. Knowledge of educational goals: Knowledge about the goals, purposes, and structure of our educational system.
(cited from Exhibit 3.1 in Instructional Models for Physical Education p. 52)
Furthermore, an effective teacher needs to understand the familiarity of 3 different levels within each category. They are: declarative, procedural, and conditional.
-Declarative knowledge: when a teacher can express verbally or in writing what they are going to teach.
-Procedural knowledge: when a teacher can actually apply before, during, and after instruction. The ability to carry out declarative knowledge.
-Conditional knowledge: when a teacher can understand when and why to make decisions that fit the specific context of the moment.
Good review for all of us...what did you think about Ch. 4 in Metzler and Graham's readings?
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