Functions of Central Subject-Related Concepts in Teacher Education

An Explorative Interview Study on the Science Didactics of Subjects in Teacher Training Programs for Secondary School Teachers

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https://doi.org/10.11576/hlz-6331

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core concepts, subject-related concepts, professional training of secondary school teachers, science education, communication of knowledge

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The article is dedicated to the role of central subject-related concepts in connection with science-didactic considerations in teacher training. The discussion focuses on structure-forming subject cores, which are at the same time presented as links between the university discipline and the respective school subject. After a theoretical foundation, the results of an explorative interview study with scientists of the subjects and their didactics involved in teacher education are reported. Not only the high relevance of central subject-related concepts in teacher education becomes clear, but also their multidimensionality and complexity. A first systematization attempt of the thematization of central subject-related concepts in (school) subject-related teacher training shows that they are understood both as objectivations of central thought patterns in the subject and as science-didactic practices of explaining, showing and dynamic knowledge genesis, which – going beyond competence orientation in a meta-reflexive sense – are supposed to establish subject-related connections that could get lost in a time of specialization and differentiation.

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Published

2023-08-07

How to Cite

Greiner, U., Nagele, F., Bussmann, B., Hof, A., Kaiser, I., Kühberger, C., … Weiglhofer, H. (2023). Functions of Central Subject-Related Concepts in Teacher Education: An Explorative Interview Study on the Science Didactics of Subjects in Teacher Training Programs for Secondary School Teachers. Challenge Teacher Education, 6(1), 146–160. https://doi.org/10.11576/hlz-6331

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Empirische Beiträge zu Grundlagen, Rahmenbedingungen und Herausforderungen