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Examining Social Studies Teacher Candidates' Economic Pedagogical Content Knowledge

Kieninger, Katherine
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1627310475354062

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2021, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ohio University, Curriculum and Instruction (Education).
Student learning outcomes in economics are improved when teachers are prepared to teach economics. Middle Childhood and Secondary social studies teacher candidates are not confident in their abilities to teach economics. Few studies have examined social studies teacher candidates economic pedagogical content knowledge to assess how to prepare candidates to teach economics in their future classrooms. A critical pluralist economic pedagogical content knowledge framework guided this single-case embedded mixed methods case study. Social studies teacher candidates from two methods courses participated in the study. This study confirms previous findings that social studies teacher candidates struggle with their economic pedagogical content knowledge. This study furthers the field of social studies teacher preparation research by exploring how the preparedness to teach economics differs between Middle Childhood and Secondary candidates, and also explores how the Test of Economic Literacy and qualitative findings are not supportive of one another. Middle Childhood and Secondary candidates need more opportunities to improve their economic pedagogical content knowledge in social studies methods courses and in education courses, including explicit and consistent occasions to apply the content they learn in their economics coursework.
Sara Hartman (Advisor)
Michael Kopish (Committee Member)
Frans Doppen (Committee Member)
Lisa Harrison (Committee Member)
Charles Lowery (Committee Member)
327 p.
Economics; Education; Social Studies Education; Teacher Education
Social studies teacher preparation; economics; economic pedagogical content knowledge; economics teacher preparation; teacher preparation; high school teacher preparation; middle school teacher preparation; secondary teacher preparation;

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  • Kieninger, K. (2021). Examining Social Studies Teacher Candidates' Economic Pedagogical Content Knowledge [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1627310475354062

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kieninger, Katherine. Examining Social Studies Teacher Candidates' Economic Pedagogical Content Knowledge. 2021. Ohio University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1627310475354062.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kieninger, Katherine. "Examining Social Studies Teacher Candidates' Economic Pedagogical Content Knowledge." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1627310475354062

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