So much to learn, so little time ...: Pre-service physical education teachers' interpretations and development of subject knowledge as they learn to teach

Evaluation and Research in Education

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-77

  Herold, Frank Andreas ^a   Waring, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communities of practice; Initial teacher training and education; Pedagogical content knowledge; Physical education; Pre service teachers; Subject matter knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551557211     PISSN: 09500790     EISSN: 17477514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500790.2010.526203     Document Type: Article

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