PEDAGOGICAL CONTENT KNOWLEDGE (PCK) AND TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS IN GEOGRAPHY TEACHING IN RESPECT OF EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATION; A COMPARATIVE STUDY.

  • Assistant Professor, Ratulia Secondary Teachers? Training Institute, Panskura, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, India, 721139.
  • Associate Professor, Ramakrishna Mission Sikshanamandira, Belur Math, Howrah, West Bengal, India.
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The Present study was conducted to compare the pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) and effectiveness of geography teachers in relation to teaching experience, and educational qualification. Descriptive survey method was adopted in this study. A self made tool was used to measure pedagogical content knowledge of geography teacher and a standardized tool was adapted to measure effectiveness of geography teachers. The study found that, there was no significant difference in PCK in respect of teachers? experience variation. Similarly there was also no significant difference in teacher effectiveness in respect of teachers? qualification variation. PCK and teacher effectiveness were not differed significantly in respect of teachers? experience and qualification variation.

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[Anujit Patra and Abhijit Guha (2017); PEDAGOGICAL CONTENT KNOWLEDGE (PCK) AND TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS IN GEOGRAPHY TEACHING IN RESPECT OF EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATION; A COMPARATIVE STUDY. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Apr). 821-824] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/3881      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/3881

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