%0 Journal Article
%T Pedagogical content knowledge and preparation of high school physics teachers
%A Eugenia Etkina
%J Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research
%D 2010
%I 
%X This paper contains a scholarly description of pedagogical practices of the Rutgers Physics/Physical Science Teacher Preparation program. The program focuses on three aspects of teacher preparation: knowledge of physics, knowledge of pedagogy, and knowledge of how to teach physics (pedagogical content knowledge¡ªPCK). The program has been in place for 7 years and has a steady production rate of an average of six teachers per year who remain in the profession. The main purpose of the paper is to provide information about a possible structure, organization, and individual elements of a program that prepares physics teachers. The philosophy of the program and the coursework can be implemented either in a physics department or in a school of education. The paper provides details about the program course work and teaching experiences and suggests ways to adapt it to other local conditions.
%U http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.6.020110