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| AESS1216-1 | Specialized chemistry didactics : course and exercises (1st part)
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| Duration : | 40h 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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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| The major aspects emphasized in the specializalised chemistry didactics course (Partim I) are described below. This course favours an active participation of the students.
- Presentation of the legal framework of secondary school education in French-speaking Belgium: competence-based pedagogy
- Analysis of secondary school chemistry curricula
- Elements of didactics: students' motivation and preconceptions, teaching and learning approaches, didactical transposition ...
- Preparation for the teaching practicums: organization of small-scale teaching exercises
- Safety and hygiene in science classrooms and laboratories
- Experimenting in science courses: 4th and 5th year curriculum
- Didactical analysis of selected aspects of the curriculum: The discovery of the atomic structure - The chemical bond - Redox reactions and electrochemistry
- Methods for the assessment of competences |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| At the end of this course (part I), the future teachers are expected to be able to:
- take care of the intellectual development of their students;
- guide their students in their learning process;
- assess the results of their educational work;
- critically analyze their pedagogical performances;
- use the present world communication techniques;
- apply the laws involving security and hygiene in chemical laboratories.
The students are expected to acquire the first elements to define critically their personal approach to teaching. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Active participation in the theoretical course and in the small-scale teaching exercices<br /><br /> - A good understanding of chemistry (bachelor level)
- Participation in the General Didactics Course |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Practicums are integrated in the theoretical course (preliminary teaching practicums, development of an experiment-based teaching strategy) |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| The course consists of seminars on the themes described in the previous sections. They take place each Wednesday afternoon (2:00 p.m. to 5:30 pm) until the end of December. The students are informed at the beginning of the academic year of the detailed schedule. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| The students are provided with various printed documents concerning the different topics taught. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| The students will have to perform a personal project on a chemistry-oriented didactical theme, to be communicated during the academic year. A reasonable knowledge of the chemistry concepts involved in this work is a necessary condition to obtain a global grade equal to at least 10/20. |
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Work placement(s) :
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| Please see description of course AESS1219-1 (Practicums) |
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Bernard Leyh - Molecular Dynamics Laboratory - Didactics of Chemistry - Office R77 (Building B6c, level 0, south floor) - Phone: 00 32 4 3663425
Electronic address: Bernard.Leyh@ulg.ac.be
Teaching assistant: Ms. Claire Jamin - Didactics of Chemistry - Building B6a - Office 1/92 (1st floor) - Phone: 00 32 4 3663586
Electronic address: Claire.Jamin@ulg.ac.be |
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