FIRST COMES THE THEORY, THEN THE PRACTICE? ON THE ACQUISITION OF GENERAL PEDAGOGICAL KNOWLEDGE DURING INITIAL TEACHER EDUCATION

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 999-1028

  König, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

assessment; general pedagogical knowledge; opportunities to learn; pre service teachers; procedural knowledge; teacher education; teacher expertise

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884533770     PISSN: 15710068     EISSN: 15731774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10763-013-9420-1     Document Type: Article

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