Understanding Biology Teachers

Pedagogical Content Knowledge for

Teaching The Nature of
Organism
Name: RAHIMAH BINTI ABD
SHUKOR
Student ID: 2013254162
Class: ED2474A
Prepared for: MR. MUHAMAD
FURKAN MAT SALLEH

DEFINITION
Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK)
was originally introduced by Shulman
(1987). PCK is the blending of content
and knowledge into an understanding
of how particular topics, problems or
issues are organised, represented and
adapted to the diverse interests and
abilities of learning and presented for
instruction.

OBJECTIVES
To examine the nature of a biology
teachers pedagogical content
knowledge

COMPONENTS OF PCK FOR

SCIENCE TEACHING
1. Orientation towards science
teaching
2. Knowledge of understanding of
science
3. Knowledge of instructional strategies
4. Knowledge of science curriculum
5. Knowledge of assessment of
science.

Orientation towards science

teaching
- Since teachers knowledge and beliefs
related to their teaching goals and
approaches, it will influence their
classroom practice.

Knowledge of students
understanding of science
- Students understanding of science is
captured through scientific process.
- Provide variety of learning activities.
- Interaction between students

Knowledge of instructional
strategies
- Different needs of students and students
prior knowledge was very important for
teaching.
- Teacher s role for inquiry-based teaching
and learning.

Knowledge of science curriculum

- To develop school-based science
curriculum, it was based on the national
science curriculum and combined with
school and community contexts.

Knowledge of assessment of
science
- Formative assessment
- Assessment methods should be
variety for assessing student
learning in the classroom.

CONCLUSION
all the biology teachers have
their own pedagogical content
knowledge for teaching The
Nature
of
Organism.
The
teacher must do the practice so
that they can become the good
and effective biology teachers
that content strong pedagogical
content knowledge.

THANK YOU