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What is subject teaching knowledge?
Subject teaching knowledge refers to how to organize the topics and problems in a subject field and the understanding of teaching.

Subject teaching knowledge is a special field of teachers, that is, the form of teachers' professional knowledge and understanding. Literally, PCK is a teacher's unique personal teaching experience, a special fusion of teacher's unique field, subject content and pedagogy, and a concrete form of teacher's professional understanding. In addition, subject teaching knowledge is also a knowledge system that distinguishes subject teachers from scholars.

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The role of subject teaching knowledge

First, promote effective teaching.

The difference between PCK and subject knowledge is that it is the knowledge that a subject must possess effectively, not the knowledge itself. It is an understanding of how to organize and present specific content and problems and adapt them to the interests and abilities of different learners.

These include the most useful forms of introducing knowledge, the most powerful analogies, charts, examples, explanations and proofs. In short, they are ways to present subject knowledge and formulate it so that others can understand it. Compared with other knowledge, PCK can promote effective teaching.

Second, distinguish between teachers and experts in other disciplines.

PCK is the fundamental feature that distinguishes teachers from experts in other disciplines, and it is the unique knowledge of teachers as their professional foundation. Schulman said: "The key to confirming the knowledge base of teaching lies in the intersection of subject knowledge and educational knowledge, and lies in the following abilities possessed by teachers.

That is, the subject knowledge he knows is transformed into a form with strong teaching significance and can adapt to students' different abilities and backgrounds. As Cochrane and others said, "The difference between teachers and biologists, historians, writers and educational researchers lies not in the quality and quantity of their professional knowledge, but in how they organize and use it."

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