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_id: '34822'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: The role of domain-specific content knowledge is discussed controversially
    for the early childhood context. Therefore, this review aims at untangling the
    research on domain-specific content knowledge for early childhood educators by
    systematically reviewing the conceptual and operational definition of and results
    on early childhood educators' content knowledge in different domains. Using the
    scientific databases ERIC, PsycInfo and Web of Sciences, we identified 36 studies
    on early childhood educators' domain-specific content knowledge. By comparing
    these studies, we found that conceptualizations of early childhood educators'
    content knowledge move on a continuum between a scientific related perspective
    and a practice related perspective. The scientific related perspective defines
    content knowledge as the knowledge of key concepts, facts and rules of the domain
    integrating knowledge taught in primary, secondary or upper secondary school.
    The practice related perspective includes knowledge of key concepts, facts and
    rules of the domain limited to the knowledge explicitly relevant for teaching
    in early childhood education as well as selected domain-specific knowledge of
    children and teaching. Our review shows that the results and implications drawn
    by the study authors depend on how these authors conceptualize early childhood
    educators' content knowledge on this continuum. Further research, therefore, needs
    to consider carefully how early childhood educators' content knowledge is conceptualized.
    The paper further discusses gaps in this research field, such as validating methods
    for measuring early childhood educators' content knowledge or implementing more
    rigorous experimental designs to examine effects of early childhood educators'
    content knowledge.
article_type: review
author:
- first_name: Julia
  full_name: Bruns, Julia
  id: '72183'
  last_name: Bruns
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6604-5864
- first_name: Hedwig
  full_name: Gasteiger, Hedwig
  last_name: Gasteiger
- first_name: Carolin
  full_name: Strahl, Carolin
  last_name: Strahl
citation:
  ama: 'Bruns J, Gasteiger H, Strahl C. Conceptualising and measuring domain-specific
    content knowledge of early childhood educators: A systematic review. <i>Review
    of Education</i>. 2021;9(2):500-538. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/rev3.3255">10.1002/rev3.3255</a>'
  apa: 'Bruns, J., Gasteiger, H., &#38; Strahl, C. (2021). Conceptualising and measuring
    domain-specific content knowledge of early childhood educators: A systematic review.
    <i>Review of Education</i>, <i>9</i>(2), 500–538. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/rev3.3255">https://doi.org/10.1002/rev3.3255</a>'
  bibtex: '@article{Bruns_Gasteiger_Strahl_2021, title={Conceptualising and measuring
    domain-specific content knowledge of early childhood educators: A systematic review},
    volume={9}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/rev3.3255">10.1002/rev3.3255</a>},
    number={2}, journal={Review of Education}, publisher={Wiley}, author={Bruns, Julia
    and Gasteiger, Hedwig and Strahl, Carolin}, year={2021}, pages={500–538} }'
  chicago: 'Bruns, Julia, Hedwig Gasteiger, and Carolin Strahl. “Conceptualising and
    Measuring Domain-Specific Content Knowledge of Early Childhood Educators: A Systematic
    Review.” <i>Review of Education</i> 9, no. 2 (2021): 500–538. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/rev3.3255">https://doi.org/10.1002/rev3.3255</a>.'
  ieee: 'J. Bruns, H. Gasteiger, and C. Strahl, “Conceptualising and measuring domain-specific
    content knowledge of early childhood educators: A systematic review,” <i>Review
    of Education</i>, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 500–538, 2021, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/rev3.3255">10.1002/rev3.3255</a>.'
  mla: 'Bruns, Julia, et al. “Conceptualising and Measuring Domain-Specific Content
    Knowledge of Early Childhood Educators: A Systematic Review.” <i>Review of Education</i>,
    vol. 9, no. 2, Wiley, 2021, pp. 500–38, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/rev3.3255">10.1002/rev3.3255</a>.'
  short: J. Bruns, H. Gasteiger, C. Strahl, Review of Education 9 (2021) 500–538.
date_created: 2022-12-22T09:22:46Z
date_updated: 2023-06-20T19:04:34Z
department:
- _id: '611'
- _id: '97'
doi: 10.1002/rev3.3255
external_id:
  isi:
  - '000614156400001'
intvolume: '         9'
isi: '1'
issue: '2'
keyword:
- content knowledge
- domain-specific learning
- early childhood education
- teacher knowledge
language:
- iso: eng
page: 500-538
publication: Review of Education
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 2049-6613
publication_status: published
publisher: Wiley
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: 'Conceptualising and measuring domain-specific content knowledge of early childhood
  educators: A systematic review'
type: journal_article
user_id: '49063'
volume: 9
year: '2021'
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