PCK - Practices - Closure 2

Estimated time required to complete module: 20 h

Emphasise that it is the student teacher’s responsibility to engage in and source appropriate content knowledge.
Explain that content knowledge has key concepts for learners to explore and understand.
Question the student teacher about knowledge for planning, implementing and assessment to determine how to assist in developing content knowledge.
Outline the system requirements and guidelines for ensuring purposeful content knowledge for teaching. (Refer back to the CAPS document.)
Often the use of past exam papers, provides guidance for focus.
Share your teaching content knowledge and outline specific knowledge required to teach particular lessons.
Allow the student teacher to observe your teaching of the content before teaching it to another class.
Engage in collaborative teaching. Plan together and team-teach.
It is important that the student teacher understands how their teaching of a particular grade influences the overall aim and how this is affected by teaching in other grades.