6655.23 - Teaching Physics and Chemistry II – Teaching in 8th, 9th and 10th grade

6655.23

Teaching Physics and Chemistry II – Teaching in 8th, 9th and 10th grade

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A student of teacher education in the Faculty of Education, the University of the Faroe Islands.

The purposes of the course is to prepare the students for physics/chemistry in grades 8th – 10th grade, focusing in particular on radioactivity, energy and waves; electric circuits and components; chemical components acid/alkali, organic chemistry; chemical reactions; neutralization, precipitation, combustion and electrochemical reactions and enzymatic and catalytic reactions. The students should develop a clear understanding of the physics and chemistry content in Faroese primary and upper secondary school. In addition, the students should acquire research-based knowledge on how teaching can be planned and completed in relation to this content in order to support pupils’ development taking into account pupils’ cognitive and social preconditions.

The course is organized into two independent yet coherent parts: Part I: • Radioactivity. • Waves physical; sound and water, elctromagnetism; light and radiowaves. • Advanced energy transformations. • Advanced electric current AC/DC and parallel/series circuits. • Chemical substances, Ions, molecules and their order in nature. • Advanced chemical reactions. • Physics and chemistry in relation to math and natural sciences. • Didactics in laboratory and scientific work (focus on active learning). Part II: • Curriculum of physics/chemistry in 8th, 9th and 10th grade grade • Teaching materials, methods and evaluation of teaching • Teaching differentiation

We use different teaching methods. Among other things, laboratory exercises and investigations, self-study, oral presentations - in groups and individually

At the end of the course, the students should be able: • To explain physics/chemistry content in grades 8th – 10th of the Faroese primary and upper secondary school. • Describe which teaching material is suitable for teaching physics/chemistry • Assess which teaching methods and evaluation methods are suitable to apply in physics/chemistry • Carry out and/or solve tasks that are part of the syllabus in physics/chemistry • Prepare and carry out laboratory exercises which are suitable for teaching physics/chemistry • Show with examples how deductive approaches can be used in physics/chemistry teaching • Reflect on the challenges a teacher may encounter when trying to organize a motivating teaching in the laboratory

The examination consists of a practical exercise and an oral defense. The student must prepare and carry out a concrete exercise in the laboratory. This exercise must be based on one or more of the themes that the students have worked with throughout the course. After the laboratory exercise, the students must describe how this exercise can be included in the teaching in 8th, 9th and 10th grade in physics/chemistry. (More detailed information about the examination can be found in a separate document)

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Choice of texts and other materials will be provided before the commencement of the course.

Søren Antoft