What Knowledge is of Most Worth? Divergent Content Knowledge Filters in Social Studies Education

dc.creator	Thomas Misco
dc.date	2013-03-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:25:35Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:25:35Z
dc.identifier	1937-3929
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/876576c9f28a4bf69a0bdca4f2a1eca8
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/30187
dc.description	This study explored the divergent content knowledge that pre-service social studies teachers negotiate during their collegiate experience. Given the array of competing canonical forces, including university departments, state departments of education, the Praxis II subject test, and local content standards, as well as the variability of social studies content course requirements within different universities, I explored student perceptions of content courses as they relate to these forces. The findings revealed that students perceive their content preparation to be overly general and disconnected from the Praxis II exam. Yet, students suggested that university courses helped prepare them to teach, and they expressed a desire for more content courses and fewer education courses. Finally, in response to the problem of canonical divergence, this article suggests blurring the divisions between university content departments, departments of teacher education, and K-12 schools, as well as teaching some content courses in teacher education.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	East Carolina University
dc.relation	http://www.joci.ecu.edu/index.php/JoCI/article/view/139/pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1937-3929
dc.source	Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, Vol 6, Iss 2, Pp 10-32 (2013)
dc.subject	social studies education
dc.subject	curriculum
dc.subject	teacher education
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	What Knowledge is of Most Worth? Divergent Content Knowledge Filters in Social Studies Education
dc.type	article