PCK ANALYSIS
PEDAGOGIC CONTENT KNOWLEDGE Teaching is a complex cognitive skill occurring in an ill-structured dynamic environment. There are clearly many knowledge systems that are fundamental of teaching, including knowledge of student thinking and learning (pedagogical knowledge) and knowledge of subject matter (Content knowledge). First the knowledge bases of teacher education have focused on the content knowledge. Then teacher education has shifted its focus to pedagogy emphasizing the general pedagogical classroom practices independent of subject matter and often at the expense of content knowledge. Later different approaches toward teacher education have emphasized one or other domain of knowledge, focusing on knowledge of Content (C) and knowledge of pedagogy (P). Lee S Shulman (1986) introduced the idea of pedagogical content knowledge (PCK). PCK exists at the intersection of content and pedagogy. It represents the blending of content and pedagogy into an understan