Although PCK has been one of the most debated conceptions for teacher knowledge, the debate has so far been of very little impact on teacher education and teachers’
work (Kind, 2009), and its potential has not been fully realized (Schneider & Plasman,
2011). Further, questions about the nature of PCK for teachers at different phases of
their career still remain (Abell, 2007). Therefore, more direct evidence on the extent to
which teachers’ interaction with peers and researchers enhances changes in classroom
practice is strongly needed. This article responds to such a call and builds on two propositions. One is that the way teachers handle and organize the content to be learned is a
significant feature of teachers’ PCK. Organizing for learning could imply many things
such as organizing and arranging the classroom, providing examples and explanations
to the students in a conscious way and reflecting carefully on the interactions and the
activities in the classroom. However, by organizing for learning with specific content
we mean the way the content is sequenced, what connections are made, what relationships are pointed out, what examples are given and how and so forth. Our other proposition is that that teachers can develop this particular knowledge by a process of
collaborative inquiry into teaching and learning in their own classrooms with a particular focus on the specific content and how this is perceived by the learners. Both these
propositions are dealt with in the article.