在一般化学中实施环境污染物审议模块
Sara A Mehltretter Drury1, Katherine R Knobloch2, Pamela Conners3
1Department of Rhetoric, Wabash College, 301 W. Wabash Ave., Crawfordsville, Indiana 47933, United States.
Journal of chemical education
|August 19, 2024
概括
这项研究表明,在一般化学中讨论像这样的环境污染物可以改善学生对化学的理解和态度. 这项活动还提高了社会行动的动机.
科学领域:
- 环境化学环境化学
- 化学教育 化学教育
背景情况:
- 一般化学课程往往缺乏现实世界的背景.
- 将基础化学与社会问题联系起来,可以增强学生的参与和学习.
- 环境污染物带来了复杂的挑战,需要跨学科的理解.
研究的目的:
- 在一般化学课程中评估课堂讨论对环境污染物的影响.
- 评估学生对化学的态度和行动动机的变化.
- 探索将社会问题纳入化学教育的有效性.
主要方法:
- 课堂内讨论活动的重点是与环境污染物相关的水和土壤质量.
- 在审议之前和之后进行了学生调查,以评估态度和学习.
- 分析调查数据,以评估审议的质量及其对学生的影响.
主要成果:
- 学生们报告了高质量的审议经验,遇到新的想法并考虑不同的观点.
- 在学生关于污染的科学知识方面,观察到有统计学意义的增长.
- 学生们表现出对化学的态度有所改善,并增加了采取行动的动力.
结论:
- 在课堂上讨论环境污染物等社会问题是传统化学教学的有效补充.
- 这种方法增强了系统思维,并突出了化学对社会的影响.
- 该模块成功地提高了科学知识和学生对化学现实应用的参与度.
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