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| AESS0255-1 | Introduction to chemistry didactics
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| Duration : | 15h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Bernard Leyh |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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| This course aims at providing the students with the appropriate information to help them decide whether they will follow - or not - the didactics orientation of the master in chemistry. Whatever their decision, this course will provide them with generic communication competences. The following topics and activities are foreseen:
(i) The competence pedagogy in the secondary school system of the French-speaking Community in Belgium
(ii) Experimental approaches in science education, with emphasis on chemistry curriculum
(iii) Preparation of a small-scale didactics practicum where the students will have the opportunity to apply the approaches alluded to above [points (i) and (ii)]
(iv) An introduction to the history of chemistry |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| (i) This course provides the students with the relevant information to decide whether they will follow the didactics orientation of the master in chemistry.
(ii) This course aims also at developing generic communication skills. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Basic knowledge of general chemistry |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| See "Organization" below |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| 5 x 2h-teaching periods
2 laboratories (3 + 2 hours) |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Written material will be made available.
The following book will be used for the history of chemistry: T.H. Levere, Transforming Matter: A History of Chemistry from Alchemy to the Buckyball, Johns Hopkins University Press (2001) |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| The assessment will be based on the quality of a seminar given by the students at the end of the course. |
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Contacts :
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| Bernard Leyh - Molecular Dynamics Laboratory - Didactics of Chemistry - Office R77 - Department of Chemistry - Building B6c - 4000 SART-TILMAN
Tél: + 32 4 3663425
Fax: + 32 4 3663413
E-Mail: Bernard.Leyh@ulg.ac.be
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Claire Jamin - Didactics of Chemistry - Building B6a (level -2, Office -2/117) - 4000 SART-TILMAN
Tél: + 32 4 3663335
+ 32 4 3663586
E-Mail: Claire.Jamin@ulg.ac.be
(V.Collignon@ulg.ac.be) |
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