Teacher Educator as Learner

Introduction

The concept of a teacher educator as a learner might initially seem strange. After all, those entrusted with the task of teaching future teachers might be reasonably expected to have at least three particular kinds of knowledge: knowledge of disciplinary content, knowledge of how to teach disciplinary content (pedagogical content knowledge), and knowledge of how to teach others how to teach disciplinary content. By this rationale, knowledge of how to teach teachers requires mastery over both disciplinary content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge. In short, one might expect that being a teacher educator requires knowledge of what it means to be a successful teacher in a particular content area, which also implies in-depth propositional knowledge of how to teach particular scientific concepts.

Professional Knowledge of Practice

A considerable amount of research in recent decades has problematized the view that knowledge of teaching, and thus knowledge of teaching...