In-Service and Pre-Service Science Teachers’ Enacted Pedagogical Content Knowledge about the Particulate Nature of Matter

The particulate nature of matter is a fundamental concept in science that students lower grades find difficult to understand. Pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) has been identified as germane for addressing topics and it enhances effective learning. purpose this study was capture the quality enacted PCK practising pre-service teachers activate during planning. Data were collected through validated questionnaire which completed by both teachers. A rubric used code their responses. Rasch analysis model analyse five components topic-specific construct. from an item show found test items be less than did We there statistically significant difference between two groups terms activated These findings that, transforming topic concepts matter, integrated more compared Discussions around curriculum might provide insight into design future teacher development programmes.