Table 7 Challenges related to issues of general pedagogical knowledge
From: Moving from surviving to thriving: a taxonomy of beginning science teacher challenges
Category | Description |
|---|---|
Assessment policies and procedures | Challenges related to the development and implementation of assessment policies and procedures |
Cooperative learning | Questions and concerns related to structuring, implementing, and improving group work and cooperative learning activities |
Daily time management during instruction | Challenges related to pacing within the period and running out of time during the class period |
Fostering discussion and student questioning | Challenges related to facilitating discussions and promoting questions during demonstrations, lectures |
Fostering student higher order thinking | Challenges related to encouraging student higher order thinking skills related to creativity, problem solving, and curiosity as well as student preference for more passive modes of learning |
General concerns about instructional planning and activity creation | Challenges related to a general set of concerns about planning instruction and designing activities |
Improve instructions given to students | Challenges related to improving instructions given to students and to having students follow instructions |
Integrating other general teaching strategies | Challenges related to teaching strategies not necessarily specific to science |
Overwhelmed by grading | Challenges related to the volume of grading or time required for grading |
Standardized test preparation | Challenges related to preparing students for standardized tests |
Student engagement in general | Challenges related to how to engage students as well as concerns about students who do not engage or are not excited for instruction |
Want to lecture less | Challenges related to teacher unease with how much lecture they do in general |
Want to do more activities | Challenges related to increasing the amount of activities that are done |
Inquiry based instruction | Challenges related to the implementation or increases in frequency of inquiry-based instruction |
Technology integration | Challenges related to the integration of technology |