Can Content Representation (CoRe) Accurately Capture Key Components of Science Teachers’ PCK? A Methodological Perspective

Abstract

This study critically evaluated the capability of the Content Representation (CoRe) tool to capture the key components of teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) in the context of a science teacher education program. Although the CoRe is widely used to investigate science teachers’ PCK, it was not explicitly designed to capture the five key components of PCK: Orientations to teaching science (OTS), knowledge of instructional strategies and representations (KISR), knowledge of students’ understanding (KSU), knowledge of science curriculum (KSC), and knowledge of assessment (KAs). This study, with its methodological focus, analyzed the responses of 45 in-service biology teachers who were..