Fundamentals of Chemical Teaching

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.