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International Journal of Research in Teacher Education 2019, Vol. 10(2) 34-53

Perceived Pedagogical-Content Knowledge of Teachers: Classroom Practices of as Correlates of College of Teachers Education Students' Academic Result

Yordanos Yibeltal

pp. 34 - 53

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Background and Objectives: Teachers' pedagogical content knowledge competence is seen as a combination of something one has(knowledge), what one does in the classroom (abilities) and which values one bases teaching on (attitudes), to perform his/her functions satisfactorily. The study investigated the awareness's of teachers and students about teachers' in-depth pedagogical content knowledge, teachers' practices of PCK, and correlates of practicing PCK with academic result of students.

Research methods and Participants: The researcher used mixed design(descriptive survey & co-relational) and quantitative research approach. The study sample consisted of 257 who were selected by proportionate stratified sampling,74 comprehensively selected teachers and 6 department heads. The questionnaire developed consisted of 21 statements on teachers' in-depth pedagogical content knowledge and 21 statements on teachers classroom practices of PCK and both teachers and students were asked to rate the statements on a five likert scale. And department heads and the researcher rate teachers' classroom practices of teachers using rubric developed for classroom observation in line with statements included in the questionnaire which asked teachers classroom practices of PCK. Standard deviations, arithmetic Means; one sample t-test, independent t-test, Pearson correlation coefficient, and regression coefficient were used for data analysis.

Results: Then the result from the process revealed that teachers perceived that they had adequate pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) but not to the maximum level intended to be per the scale (3.90 from the possible mean score of 5.00). It was also found that there was no statistically significant mean difference between teachers self-rating and students rating on teachers classroom practices of their PCK (3.2 and 3.04 respectively, from the maximum mean score 5.00); all the constructs of PCK practices and students cumulative grade point average have statistically significant relationships in that perceived practices of pedagogical knowledge with the magnitude of (r=.483); perceived practices of subject matter knowledge with the magnitude of(r=.663) and Perceived practices of knowledge of students learning characteristics coefficient of correlation(r=0.504) all at P<0.01 and in similar directions. And last the cumulative effect of classroom practices of PCK was found to be with R-square=22.9 which accounts 22.9% effect for students' academic result.

Conclusion: To conclude both teachers and students rated similarly rate that the status of applying PCK in classroom teaching was less than adequate level. Therefore, it can be suggested that provision of continuous and transformative professional training, arranging workshops and subject specific rigorous supervision to teachers on their practices of PCK can effectively improve quality of teaching towards attainment of high students' academic results.

Keywords: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Academic Result, Pedagogical Knowledge, Content Knowledge, Classroom Practices,

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APA 7th edition
Yibeltal, Y. (2019). Perceived Pedagogical-Content Knowledge of Teachers: Classroom Practices of as Correlates of College of Teachers Education Students' Academic Result. International Journal of Research in Teacher Education, 10(2), 34-53.

Harvard
Yibeltal, Y. (2019). Perceived Pedagogical-Content Knowledge of Teachers: Classroom Practices of as Correlates of College of Teachers Education Students' Academic Result. International Journal of Research in Teacher Education, 10(2), pp. 34-53.

Chicago 16th edition
Yibeltal, Yordanos (2019). "Perceived Pedagogical-Content Knowledge of Teachers: Classroom Practices of as Correlates of College of Teachers Education Students' Academic Result". International Journal of Research in Teacher Education 10 (2):34-53.

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