Module 3

Module 3:

Pedagogical Content Knowledge (1)

Aim:

To provide participants with basic understanding about ways of representing subject matters which make them comprehensive to learners.

Learning outcomes:

After completing this module, participants will be able to:

• Describe why mastering the structure of subject matters is important in the teaching process (application of knowledge and skills is different from learning that knowledge and skills).
• Identify the structure (i.e. the learning elements and the inter-relationship of the elements) of at least one topic of the participants own specialization.
• Identify the sequence of learning of that particular topic.
• Suggest the conception and preconception students of different backgrounds might bring to the learning.
• Suggest at least one teaching approach for a particular group of students.

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