Many researchers have found that pedagogical content knowledge may have a negative influence on students' academic performance if it is poorly utilised in the classroom. What must teachers do in this regard?
Pedagogical content knowledge is certainly essential for teachers. They use it to prepare for the lesson, deliver the lesson and evaluate students‘ understanding. Teachers should always revise the content of a lesson to be delivered and figure out questions that students might ask about the topic and of course be prepared to answer or guide them creatively. However, most teachers faced problem with too much workload causing them to not being able to focus on teaching and learning process. Preparation and delivering the lesson is the most crucial part, even if the teacher has many years of teaching experience, and master the topic very well, without preparation and suitable ways of delivering the content to different kinds of students, it will still lead to unsuccessful teaching and learning process which of course will end up with low academic performance.
Pedagogical content knowledge encompasses knowledge of pedagogies and the planning processes that are appropriate and applicable to the teaching of a given content at any given time. For effective teaching, knowledge of teaching and learning, assessment procedures, awareness of students’ prior knowledge, and content-related misconceptions are very essential. Awareness of these issues constitutes teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge. It deals with how to design specific subject matter or problems and teach it effectively to suit learners of diverse abilities.
The teachers should update themselves with the latest technological gadgets can be used to deliver their lessons. If they will keep themselves updated with the latest trends of learning then it will give positive impact on the learning of their students.
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