Continuous professional development of the Physics teachers through the pedagogical content knowledge on the electric field in High School

Abstract

The study describes the progress of the pedagogical content knowledge through an intervention program, as an alternative for the training of high school physics teacher based on reflection. The research was conducted in Colombia with a teacher with an assumed name, Maria, for the 2010-2012 periods. The results show that categories such as knowledge of the curriculum, students and teaching strategies progress after the intervention program. However, knowledge of evaluation and the ideas that the teacher has about the electric field change a little. The results also suggest that approaches through reflection on teacher says, designs and does, allow her to teach based on a more constructivist approach.