Probing the amalgam: the relationship between science teachers’ content,pedagogical and pedagogical content knowledge

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This Special Issue aims to present evidence about the relationships between content knowledge (CK), pedagogical knowledge (PK) and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK); the development of these types of knowledge in novice and experienced secondary science teachers; and how CK, PK and/or PCK impact students’ learning. Since Shulman’s introduction of PCK as the feature that distinguishes the teacher from the content expert, researchers have attempted to understand, delineate, assess and/or develop the construct in pre- and in-service teachers. Accordingly, empirical findings are presented that permit further discussion. Outcomes permit post-hoc examination of a recent, collectively described, ‘consensus’ model of PCK, identifying strengths and potential issues. As we will illustrate, the relationship between CK, PK and PCK is central to this; that is, probing the hypothesis of pedagogical content knowledge as an ‘amalgam’ of content and pedagogical knowledge.     

Structure and development of pre-service physics teachers’ professional knowledge

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Teachers’ professional knowledge is considered one of the most important predictors of instructional quality. According to Shulman, such professional knowledge includes content, pedagogical content and pedagogical knowledge. Although recent research shed some light on the structure of the dimensions of professional knowledge, little is known how teacher education impacts pre-service physics teachers’ professional knowledge. In an effort to address this issue, we examined the content, pedagogical content and pedagogical knowledge of N?=?200 pre-service physics teachers enrolled in different years of teacher education at 12 major teacher education universities in Germany. We used structural equation modelling (1) to examine the relations amongst pre-service physics teachers’ content, pedagogical content and pedagogical knowledge, (2) to explore how the three kinds of knowledge and their relations differ across different stages of teacher education and (3) to identify factors affecting the level of each component of professional knowledge. Our findings suggest that content, pedagogical content and pedagogical knowledge represent distinct types of knowledge. Furthermore, our findings show that in the first years of professional education, pedagogical content knowledge is more closely related with general pedagogical knowledge while in later years, it is more closely related with content knowledge, suggesting that it develops from a general knowledge about teaching and learning into knowledge about the teaching and learning of specific content. Finally, beyond school achievement and years of enrolment as predictors, we find in particular the amount of classroom observations to have a positive impact on the professional knowledge of pre-service physics teachers.     

Resolving the amalgam: connecting pedagogical content knowledge,content knowledge and pedagogical knowledge

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This paper concludes the Special Issue (SI) ‘Probing the Amalgam: the relationship between science teachers’ content, pedagogical and pedagogical content knowledge’. We review the five papers (Sorge et al; Gess-Newsome et al; Kind; Pitjeng-Mosabala and Rollnick; and Liepertz and Bronowski) by discussing evidence these present regarding the relationships between content knowledge (CK), pedagogical knowledge (PK) and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK); the development of CK, PK and PCK in novice and experienced secondary science teachers and how CK, PK and/or PCK impact students’ learning. In conclusion, we draw these findings together in offering proposals for future research via reconsideration of Shulman’s amalgam. This includes post-hoc examination of a PCK model known as ‘the Consensus Model’ (Gess-Newsome, [2015]. A model of teacher professional knowledge and skill including PCK: Results of the thinking from the PCK Summit. In A. Berry, P. J. Friedrichsen, & J. Loughran (Eds.), Re-examining Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Science Education (pp. 28–42). New York, NY: Routledge; Neumann, Kind, & Harms [2018]. Probing the amalgam: The relationship between science teachers’ content, pedagogical and pedagogical content knowledge. International Journal of Science Education, 1–15) and presentation of a novel PCK structure based on evidence from the SI studies.     

Scope and Difficulties of the Transmedia Practice. A Case Study on the Spanish PSM System

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According to a growing volume of academic literature on the subject, transmedia fiction and non-fiction production is now one of the main areas driving innovation in media companies, thanks to the improvements it brings in numerous interconnected fields: narrative and content, management and productive strategy, brand promotion, etc. In this context the article focuses on transmedia linked to public broadcasting companies, starting with a qualitative study based on interviews with expert professionals from thirteen corporations in Spain, one operating at the national level (RTVE) and twelve at the regional level (A Punt Media, CARTV, CCMA, CRTVG, CMM, EITB, EPRTVIB, RTVM, RTPA, RTVA, RTRM and RTVC). The results show how professionals view the concept of transmedia production, its advantages, disadvantages and the challenges it poses, which depend on these corporations’ service and relationship with audiences. As the conclusions state, the keys factors for understanding the professional transmedia strategy of public broadcasting corporations are found in the characteristics of today’s media market, which is suffering from budget cuts and growing competition.     

基于运动捕获数据的三维角色动画设计

本文研究了怎样把现有的人体运动数据重新定向到新的动画角色对象上,并实现了一个原型系统——盼盼三维角色动画系统。通过这种方法,用户只需要从动画库中选择所需的人体运动,便可方便地控制任意三维动画角色的运动和变形,从而重用现存的人体运动数据去控制新的角色,创作出一些夸张的动画效果。     

International Cooperation and Globalization of the Magazine Industry in China

The cooperation of Chinese and foreign magazine publishers started from 1981, featured by Computer World. However, the much more influential copyright cooperation should be the publication in Shanghai of ELLE in 1988 and the cooperation between Trends Publications and Hearst Corporation in 1998. In August 2005, working together with China Pictorial Press, VOGUE published VOGUE China in China and this can be regarded as the most influential fashion magazine. The present situation of Chinese periodical market shows that the main competition is between foreign and native capital. To some extent, the global publishers working with Chinese publishers present several areas of concern, danger and risk. In the context of globalization, what we should do is find the common points and how to integrate external business methods, not only chasing profit in a single way and only pursue immediate capital gains.     

利用ASP技术开发导航Web页

通过内容链接组件的实例,介绍了利用ASP技术开发导航Web页的方法。     

汉语姓名与汉语小说人物姓名命名

万事万物存在信息,汉字是严整的信息系统,汉字文化是独特的信息文化。汉字的多义性、隐喻性、同音异义陆,使汉语姓名隐寓着特殊的信息。汉语小说中的人物姓名,蕴藏着丰富的信息量,常常外显了人物的个性特征,或者社会生活经历以及其它种种关系,与其人物的身份、地位、性格、气质、志趣密切相关,饱含着作者创作的心血,是小说的一个有机组成部分,是解读小说文本的内在隐秘的钥匙,有着深刻的思想意义和审美价值。     

论刘少奇同志的政治品格

刘少奇同志在革命和建设工作中坚持实事求是，坚持把马克思主义同中国实际相结合；他胸怀坦荡，顾全大局，视党内团结为党的生命，从不计较个人的外利和职位，以党和国家利益为重；他严格自律，实践了自己所论述的共产党员修养，他一生历经磨难和挫折，但对共产主义信念矢志不渝，把毕生的精力都贡献了党和人民的伟大事业。     

浅谈大学生竞争道德规范的内容及养成

目前，有些大学生对遵守竞争道德规范的意识不强，出现了“不良竞争”心理和行为，因此，对大学生进行竞争道德规范教育很有必要。大学生必须遵守诚实守信、集体主义、公正平等、互相协作、奖优罚劣的竞争道德规范的内容。培养大学生自觉遵守竞争道德规范应开展竞争道德规范的实践活动，积极营造诚信氛围，规范竞争的激励机制，加强对大学生竞争道德规范建设的指导。