Syllabus
Methods and Forms of Work:
The subject is taught using the tandem teaching method. Discussion methods and creating models of situations from the school environment predominate.
Curriculum / Topics:
(The methods listed below are always demonstrated on a selected segment of the organic chemistry curriculum.)
Pedagogical Documents (Framework Education Program, School Education Program, Thematic Plan)
Organic Chemistry Textbooks
Learning Theory (forgetting curve, attention curve, memory theory, phases of a lesson, the importance of motivation, educational objectives and their significance in teaching, Bloom's taxonomy of objectives)
Models of Organic Substances
Structure of Organic Compounds
Lesson Preparation (INTRO)
Activating Methods (selected by students)
Didactic Cycle C.M.I.A.R.E.
Working with Educational Videos / Texts
Mobile Applications in Chemistry Teaching (ChemTube, KingDraw, iMolview, Kahoot!, and others)
Online Web Tools (Padlet, Jamboard, Whiteboard.fi, Collboard, MFforms/Google Forms, Kahoot!, Wizer.me, Mentimeter.com, etc.)
Annotation
The purpose of the course Didactics of Organic Chemistry is to prepare future chemistry teachers for secondary schools for their teaching practice, where they will utilize their specialized knowledge of organic chemistry in their pedagogical work at the secondary school level.
In the seminar, we will explore selected activating methods both theoretically and, more importantly, practically. Emphasis is placed on the students' active involvement.
In demonstration outputs (microteaching), students individually present the preparation of selected topics in organic chemistry using model examples and selected activating methods.
