Course Identification

Title:

Chemistry module: Introduction to chemistry education

Code:

20196051

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Prof. Ron Blonder

TA's:

N/A

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2019

Semester:

First Semester

When / Where:

Thursday, 13:00 - 15:00, Musher, Lab 2

First Lecture:

08/11/2018

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Science Teaching (non thesis MSc Track): Lecture; Obligatory; 2.00 points

Comments

For 1st year students

Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

Participants:

20

Other:

For students in the Rothschild-Weizmann program only

Language of Instruction

Hebrew

Attendance and participation

Obligatory

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

Attendance

20%

Assignments:

30%

Final:

50%

Evaluation Type

Final assignment

Scheduled date 1

Date / due date

N/A

Location

N/A

Time

-

Remarks

N/A

Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

3

Syllabus

Objectives for chemistry education
Basic concept in chemistry (and miss-conceptions)
Different levels of understanding in chemistry education
Learning in and from the chemistry laboratory
Motivation
Promoting chemistry learning through the use of ICT
Professional development of chemistry teachers

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course- students should be able to:

Discuss important issues in chemistry education
Understand the theoretical framework of the chemistry curriculum
Connect between research and Practice in chemistry education

Reading List

I. Eilks & A. Hofstein (Eds.), Chemistry Education: A practical guide and textbook for teachers, teacher trainees and student teachers (pp. 97-126). Rotterdam: Sense. (Available in the physics library)

Website

N/A