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Eilks, Ingo; Lathwesen, Chantal; Belova, Nadja – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
Teacher education needs to combine training in content knowledge, pedagogical knowledge, and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK). One important part of PCK in science education is knowledge about school science practical work to promote learning by scientific inquiry and about the nature of science. In Germany, practical seminars and lab sessions…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Individualized Instruction, Science Experiments, Learning Experience
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Hermanns, Jolanda; Keller, David – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
In this paper the development, use, and evaluation of tasks based on the construct of school-related content knowledge are described. The tasks were used in seminars on organic chemistry for bachelor and master preservice chemistry teachers at a German university. For the evaluation a questionnaire with open and closed items was used. The tasks…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Science Instruction, Knowledge Level, Preservice Teacher Education
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Zimmermann, Franziska; Melle, Insa; Huwer, Johannes – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
The aim of this study was to investigate how to develop prospective chemistry teachers' TPACK and thus qualify them for the effective use of educational technology in their future chemistry teaching. For this purpose, we developed and evaluated a university seminar for the professional development of preservice chemistry teachers. We implemented…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Chemistry, Science Education, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Hermanns, Jolanda – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
The course design "Training OC" for training the application of basic concepts consists of four topics: formula language, structure-property relations, reaction mechanisms, and complex tasks that the students should solve with the conceptual knowledge they acquired in the first three topics. A main goal of the course was to enable the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, College Science, Undergraduate Study, Organic Chemistry
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Wilson, Christina; Hirtz, Michael; Levkin, Pavel A.; Sutlief, Arin L.; Holmes, Andrea E. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2019
The "International Research Experience for Students (IRES)" at Doane University (DU) located in Crete, Nebraska, exposed undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students to international research at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany. The international collaboration team included three…
Descriptors: Student Research, Chemistry, Technology, Undergraduate Students
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Zowada, Christian; Siol, Antje; Gulacar, Ozcan; Eilks, Ingo – Journal of Chemical Education, 2019
Phosphates are essential components of any efficient fertilizer. Natural phosphate rock is, however, not available in every part of the world. According to the European Commission, phosphate rock has high economic importance as well as a certain supply risk--at least for Europe. For these reasons, environmental technology research has received a…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, High School Students