Fundamentals of Chemical Education

to use conventional and innovative tools useful in teaching this discipline. In particular, the student will be able to:
- understand the three levels of representation of matter (macroscopic, microscopic, symbolic) operating in chemistry,
- contextualize chemical topics and present them in an engaging and inclusive manner, while also addressing the difficulties that students tipically encounter when studying the discipline,
- appropriately manage the variety of texts, school materials and websites available to convey learning;
- use communication channels and interdisciplinary approaches to communicate content;
- design and implement educational activities in the field of chemistry, using chemistry-specific technological resources and writing tools suitable for a more effective dissemination;
- use an inter- and transdisciplinary approach to teaching the discipline;
- present chemical topics of current interest and provide innovative student-centered teaching strategies to communicate their most salient aspects.

Upon completion of the course, the student should have acquired knowledge on:
- the role and cultural value of chemistry in education and society;
- relationship between chemistry and the scientific disciplines, highlighting its peculiarities in the cognitive approach to reality;
- design of simple experimental chemistry activities, to be carried out without dedicated laboratory facilities, to be used as a starting point for the presentation of a program topic, or to consolidate theoretical principles already presented to the class.
- application of innovative student-centered teaching strategies alternative to lecture, to be applied to the discussion of aspects of modern chemistry.
- conceptualization of sustainable chemistry topics through the use of multimedia laboratory pathways.