A essay on the constructive components of pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) in geography education

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Department of Educational Sciences, Farhangian University

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Background and Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to reflect on pedagogical content knowledge in geography education, in order to identify and explain the constituent components of that knowledge with a review of the relevant scientific literature. Methods: This research is a qualitative research and the research method used in this study is observational research. In the research study, the researcher conveys his personal summary of knowledge and experiences in a field to others; Therefore, in this study, the researcher, after library study, has made an observational inquiry about educational content knowledge and identified its constituent components and explained and explained them in the field of geography education. The verifiability of the findings has been done through peer review. Findings: The results of this study are the enumeration of pedagogical content knowledge components in four sections: audience knowledge, specialized knowledge, curriculum development knowledge, and personal knowledge. Conclusion: 5 questions and problems are asked for specialized knowledge, 7 questions and problems for audience knowledge, 5 questions and problems for curriculum development knowledge, and 3 questions and problems for personal knowledge. The problem has been identified in order to provide the basis for more researches in this field by introducing potential research issues and questions of the constructive components of educational content knowledge of geography education.

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