Patterns of Changing Pedagogical Content Knowledge Prospective Biology Teachers in the Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

This study analyzes the pattern of changes in the PCK of prospective Biology teachers related to the application of alternative teaching practices in the Covid-19 pandemic. This study uses a cross-sectional quantitative method with a sample of prospective Biology teachers in semesters 3, 5 and 7 with a total sampling technique. The instruments used are CK, PK, PCK test sheets and concept map tests. The research data were analyzed by ANOVA test and multiple linear regression assisted by SPSS 22. The results showed the average CK test results for prospective student teachers in semester 3 > 7 > 5, PK in semester 5 > 3 > 7, PCK in semester 5 > 3 > 7, and concept maps in semester 5 > 3 > 7. Based on the results of the ANOVA test there is no difference in the average CK and concept maps and vice versa for PK and PCK students of prospective teachers in semesters 3, 5 and 6. Based on the results of multiple linear regression analysis there is no effect of CK and PK on PCK in all semesters. Based on this, the pattern of changes in CK, PK, PCK and concept maps in learning during the pandemic does not run linearly with the number of semesters that have been taken. This has implications for learning during a pandemic by LPTKs should be able to increase learning outcomes, especially CK, through the creation of a special curriculum for the pandemic.