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Hayes  \nCourtney L. Plumley  \nP. Sean Smith  \nR. Keith Esch  \nHorizon Research, Inc.  \n326 Cloister Court  \nChapel Hill, NC 27514-2296  \nDecember 2017  \nAcknowledgement: This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DRL-1417838. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.  \nINTRODUCTION  \nElementary teachers face formidable obstacles when planning and implementing science instruction, including inadequate preparation opportunities, lack of resources, and accountability pressures. Data from the 2012 National Survey of Science and Mathematics Education bear this out (Banilower et al., 2013) . Further, the expectations for elementary science instruction were raised to a new level by the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS Lead States, 2013),the latest in a series of college and career-ready standards released over the last few years. Together with the Common Core State Standards in Reading and Mathematics (National Governors Association Center for Best Practices & Council of Chief State School Officers, 2010a, 2010b), they put forth an ambitious vision of what students should know and be able to do in these fields as a result ofK–12 education. To realize the vision of excellent science education for all students portrayed in the NGSS, elementary teachers will need to draw on a wide variety of knowledge. Prominent educators and researchers have proposed the existence of a professional knowledge base for teaching, similar to the specialized knowledge bases for medicine and law (Grossman, 1990; Hiebert, Gallimore, & Stigler, 2002; Hill, Rowan, & Ball, 2005; Shulman, 1986) . Efforts to articulate the components of such a knowledge base have been underway for over two decades. Some constituent knowledge forms, such as disciplinary content knowledge, are fairly well understood and widely accepted as necessary, but not sufficient, for effective teaching (e.g., Heller, Daehler, Wong, Shinohara, & Miratrix, 2012) .  \nPerhaps the most widely recognized form of specialized knowledge for teaching—and arguably the one with the most potential for helping teachers overcome knowledge-related obstacles—is“pedagogical content knowledge”(PCK), which Shulman (1986) described as an amalgam of pedagogical knowledge (general teaching knowledge) and content knowledge (knowledge of a specific discipline) . An oft-cited example is knowledge of an effective strategy for teaching a particular concept; for example, having students slide an object on progressively smoother surfaces to construct an understanding ofthe idea that an object in motion tends to remain in motion in a straight line unless a force acts on it. Magnusson, Krajcik, and Borko (1999) developed a model ofPCK that has strongly influenced conceptualizations of what constitutes PCK in science as well as other disciplines. Recently, a new model ofPCK emerged, one that acknowledges both collective and personal aspects of PCK (Gess-Newsome, 2015) . In this model, shared or collective PCK is referred to as topic-specific professional knowledge (TSPK) . Hypothesized relationships among these and other forms of knowledge are shown in Figure 1.  \nAs illustrated in the model, discrete professional knowledge bases—disciplinary content knowledge chief among them—are the foundation for TSPK. Examples ofTSPK include an instructional strategy that has been found through empirical studies to be effective for teaching a specific idea, or recognition of a conceptual difficulty found through assessment studies to be  \nprominent among elementary students. This knowledge can be applied by teachers to their own unique settings and for their own purposes. As teachers take up TSPK—through ","cbCaiiYrVpSwQvCJ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiiYrVpSwQvCJ","pdf",610012,33,"English","# Introduction\n## PCK Model and Teacher Professional Knowledge Bases\n## TSPK Uses and Implications\n## Challenges in Accessing TSPK in Science Topics","[{\"question\":\"What challenges do elementary teachers face when planning science instruction?\",\"answer\":\"The text highlights inadequate preparation opportunities, lack of resources, and accountability pressures as major obstacles.\"},{\"question\":\"How are PCK and TSPK related in the review’s framework?\",\"answer\":\"Discrete professional knowledge bases support TSPK, and when teachers take up TSPK through learning and practice, it becomes personal PCK.\"},{\"question\":\"How can topic-specific professional knowledge (TSPK) be used in elementary science teaching?\",\"answer\":\"TSPK can inform instructional planning and discussions in teacher groups, guide instructional materials development, and help educators craft topic-specific support for pre-service and in-service teachers.\"}]","A Review of Practice-Based Literature on Teaching about Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems to Elementary Students | PDF",1792051164,83]