SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN PEDAGOGY AND CONTENT - 5 YEARS LATER

The present investigation reports on changes in the pedagogy and conte nt of one teacher as a function of experience. The teacher was observe d in Year 2 and in Year 6 teaching basketball and gymnastics in the sa me school. Data were collected using direct observations from videotap es of the lessons and semistructured interviews. Direct observation ca tegories included lesson time, content type and sequence, instructiona l methods, teacher interactions, and student opportunities to respond. Three interviews were conducted with questions derived from videotape observation. A comparison of instructional units conducted in Year 2 and Year 6 reveals similarities in the pedagogical organization of the lessons, but differences in the content; less skill development occur red in Year 6 than in Year 2. Interviews revealed that skill expectati ons were less in Year 6 than they were in Year 2. These findings are i nterpreted in terms of three recurring themes: pedagogical reductionis m, typicality, and isolation.