Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

• Master the disciplinary didactics that guide the educational activity
• Master legal documents so as to practise the profession properly
• Master the disciplinary and interdisciplinary knowledge and be involved in their construction.
• Work as a team within the school
• Develop teaching devices, and test, evaluate and regulate them
• Maintain a critical and autonomous relationship with scientific knowledge
• Plan, manage and evaluate learning situations
• Reflect on practice
• Present information in a neutral and undirected way
• Master the language of instruction, both orally and in writing

Learning Outcomes of UE

Learn about the didactics of chemistry, an experimental science, for secondary education;
Learn about effective approaches;
Understand correctly the legal and regulatory context of secondary education;
Initiate a reflective approach to one's practices and knowledge;
To situate the teaching of chemistry in relation to other aspects of teaching;
To be open to universal (international) aspects and research in didactics.

UE Content: description and pedagogical relevance

- The regulatory framework (competencies, programs, and methodological guidelines)
- The lessons (scientific approach, basic knowledge, complex tasks, overall lesson plan, experimentation)
- Active teaching methods in chemistry
- Research in didactics (of chemistry)
- Assessment
- Misconceptions in chemistry teaching
- Designing a lesson sequence, writing a lesson preparation
- Chemistry, environment and sustainable development
- Use and role of technology in teaching
- Safety and hygiene, practical work
- The place of organic chemistry in the chemistry course
- History and epistemology, image of chemistry, current events and critical thinking
- Specificities in basic sciences, general sciences, secondary vocational and technical qualification education
- Use of ICT in chemistry education

Prior Experience

Good knowledge of chemistry and its specificities
Possess a general scientific culture
Ability to communicate, to popularize, to a non-expert public
Master the basics of ICT