AIMS AND CONTENT

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The aim of the course is to give students the necessary knowledge and skills to plan significant and effective courses for teaching chemistry at primary school level. In particular, the students will be able to: understand the three levels of representation of matter that work in chemistry; addressing the main cognitive difficulties that learners encounter in learning chemistry; use of texts and school material for educational purposes; elaborate short educational sequences for the learning of chemical topics present in the ministerial guidelines; use a trans- and inter-disciplinary approach to teaching the discipline.

TEACHING METHODS

From a methodological point of view, the different concepts will be presented in their historical-epistemological context, with the aim to point out the experimental nature of chemistry. The work in the classroom will be conducted, for some parts, adopting an active and collaborative teaching. Some topics will be completed or corroborated by individual or group activities.

Teaching tools
Blackboard, personal computer, video projector, power-point presentations, laboratory teaching equipment.

If it is not possible, for health reasons, to carry out the lessons in the presence of the same will be delivered remotely in streaming mode

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Chemical contents in primary school guidelines.

The representation of matter in chemistry: the triangle of Johnstone (the three levels of matter representation); the logical structure of chemistry and its implication in the teaching / learning of the discipline.

The role of models and modeling in chemistry teaching: the particle model.

Strategies for the learning of chemistry, and in general of the sciences, from a constructivist point of view: planning of educational activities (measurements, matter, mixtures, separations, transformations))

The potential of informal learning for learning.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Articles, book chapters and other materials from specialized literature will be provided during the course by the teacher and / or deposited on the Aulaweb platform.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

CARLO SCHIAVI (President)

MICHELE MAGNOZZI

GIANANGELO BRACCO (President Substitute)

NADIA PARODI (President Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

2020 February

Class schedule

DIDACTICS OF CHEMISTRY

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Taking inspiration from the experiences conducted in the classroom, it is required to develop an original didactic path concerning a chemical subject of choice and to present it in written form

ASSESSMENT METHODS

La verifica dell’apprendimento avviene attraverso la valutazione e discussione di un elaborato finale nel quale sia esposta la progettazione di un intervento didattico su una serie di argomenti scelti dallo studente fra una rosa proposta dal docente a inizio corso.

Exam schedule