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Pedagogical content knowledge and the teaching of outdoor education
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posted on 2023-05-19, 18:09 authored by Dyment, JE, Helen ChickHelen Chick, Walker, CT, Macqueen, TPNThis theoretical paper examines the concept of pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) and explores how it might contribute to conversations around quality teaching and learning in outdoor education. This paper begins by summarizing the historical and contemporary literature, including issues of definitions, curriculum, content, and pedagogy in outdoor education. We then review the concept of PCK, its history, and contributions to other subject areas, including mathematics. We present a framework for PCK from the field of mathematics education and propose a 'modified' PCK framework for outdoor education. We postulate that this framework might help articulate knowledge areas needed by a teacher of outdoor education, and how these differ from and are similar to those required in other subject areas. We conclude by exploring how the idea of PCK and the modified framework might add to existing understandings of what it means to provide high quality outdoor education teaching and learning experiences.
History
Publication title
Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor LearningVolume
18Issue
4Pagination
303-322ISSN
1472-9679Department/School
Faculty of EducationPublisher
RoutledgePlace of publication
United KingdomRights statement
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