Pedagogical content knowledge in students majoring in physical education vs. sport science. The same but different?

Abstract Pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) is a special feature providing the teacher with to transform in ways that make it understandable learners. This of importance physical education (PE), since significantly different other school subjects many i.e., only subject whereby activity (PA) primary means accomplishing educational objectives. Given PCK, interest explore specificity PCK field sport science. As research on German speaking countries still at beginning, cross-sectional study was conducted among 622 students potential differences relation programmes (PE Teacher Education n = 431, science 191). Measurement invariance (MI) between groups carried out using multigroup confirmatory factor analysis models ensure latent mean scores can be compared meaningfully. The progressive evaluation MI confirms possible measure (scalar) equivalently across PETE and students, along additional variables relevant PCK. outperformed terms “instruction” subdimension (also stages study), whereas not “student” subdimension. Prior experience PA an advantage for high Finally, provides first insights into