Course Identification

Didactics of teaching Chemistry
20195063

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Ms. Sara Akons, Dr. Malka Yayon, Dr. Rachel Mamlok-Naaman
N/A

Course Schedule and Location

2019
Full Year
Thursday, 09:15 - 12:00, Musher, Lab 2
08/11/2018

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Science Teaching -Teaching Certificate: Lecture; Obligatory; 0.00 points

Comments

N/A

Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

20

Language of Instruction

Hebrew

Attendance and participation

Required in at least 80% of the lectures

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

10%
50%
30%
10%

Evaluation Type

Examination

Scheduled date 1

18/07/2019
WSoS, Rm B
1000-1330
N/A

Scheduled date 2

01/08/2019
WSoS, Rm B
1000-1330
N/A

Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

4

Syllabus

  • High school chemistry curriculum, including the chemistry laboratory program
  • Skills such as: inquiry, asking questions, argumentation, knowledge integration by concept maps, etc.
  • Alternative assessment methods.
  • Diversity of methods for integrating computers in the teaching and learning process.
  • Problems of misconceptions and strategies for coping with this problem.
  • Class managment

Learning Outcomes

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

  1. Master basic schools Chemistry curriculum.
  2. Fill-in a matriculation exam related to high schools chemistry curriculum.
  3. Repeat chemistry laboratory experiments according to the teaching program.
  4. Demonstrate a variety of teaching and assessment methods

Reading List

  1. Textbooks which are taught at the basic chemistry level in high school.
  2. The document of the high school chemistry curriculum
  3. The booklet of the Inquiry-type chemistry laboratory program.

Website

N/A