Pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) mathematıcs students of elementary school education teachers

Teachers and prospective teachers are required to have abilities in pedagogical abilities and understand the content being taught. This is stated in Law No. 14 of 2005 which states that teachers are required to have 4 competencies, namely pedagogic, personality, social, and professional. Therefore, to support this, the Teacher Competency Test is conducted or known as the UKG. UKG is an examination of the mastery of two compulsory teacher competencies, namely pedagogical competence, and professional competence in the cognitive field as a basis for determining ongoing professional development activities and part of teacher performance appraisal. The purpose of this study is to analyze Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) in mathematics subjects of PGSD students which is a representation of the teacher’s Pedagogic and Professional abilities. This research is descriptive qualitative research in which data is obtained through questionnaire instruments and documentation as well as interviews. The analytical method used is a triangulation technique, which compares the three data obtained to obtain a valid conclusion. The results of this study were obtained by PCK level PCK level VI 6th semester students in mathematics. 7 out of 11 study subjects were at the Pre PCK level and 4 sis were at the Growing PCK level.