PE
452
By
Griffin,
L., Dodds, P., & Rovengo, I. (1996)
This article
clearly explains what Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) is, the instructional
forms that it takes, a tactical approach to teaching using PCK, some common
pitfalls, and suggestions to enhance the development of PCK for teachers.
The key
problem identified in the article relates to the teacher understanding sports
and physical activities only from a participant’s perspective. This problem is often overseen in PE teachers because they
had a successful PE experience and enjoyed the physical environment.
The purpose of this article is to overcome this barrier and enhance PE
teachers knowledge by giving them the proper tools, such as PCK, which will in
turn enhance and give students an all round more productive PE experience
Reasoning
To explain
PCK, the authors have broken what PCK is into four parts: 1.
They (PE teachers) keep both broad and narrow goals clearly in mind. 2.
They understand readily what various students already know or can do. 3.
They are highly knowledgeable about curriculum content. 4.
They vary instructional strategies.
They support
the four approaches by outlining a tactical approach to teaching games using PCK
format. Another four-step approach
is used for this.
1.
Games classification
system.
2.
A tactical model.
3.
Game frameworks
4.
Levels of tactical
complexity.
Assumptions
This
particular article focuses primarily on the development of PCK in teachers.
The assumptions that coincide with PCK are numerous.
The authors mention how difficult it is to change behavior.
As teachers we must persist and acknowledge that change is difficult and
pursue new teaching behaviors. In
addition to this the authors also mention how important understanding theory is
to meet the cognitive demands of instruction.
And lastly, some advice to the teachers, you must work with peers
productively to facilitate change and on that point you must also be flexible.
Conclusion
In reading
this article I learned more about the format of PCK teaching.
This style of teaching is an all encompassing style that accommodates and
challenges all types of students.
Significant
Information
PCK
integrates 4 forms of knowledge: 1. keep broad and narrow goals in mind
2. Understand what various students already know or can do
3. Teachers are highly knowledgeable about curriculum
4. Vary instructional method
Personal
Comments
I thought the
article was highly informative and applicable to PE.
This format of teaching is obviously a very effective tool to engage all
types of students into PE. Also,
the tactical approach is definitely something I, and the rest of PE 452, will be
using in our upcoming practicum’s and teaching careers.