Over the last decades several researchers discovered that children, pupils and even young adults develop their own understanding of "how nature really works." These pre-concepts concerning combustion, gases or conservation of mass are brought into lectures and teachers have to diagnose and to reflect on them for better instruction. In addition, there are school-made misconceptions concerning equilibrium, acid-base or redox reactions which originate from inappropriate curriculum and instruction materials. The primary goal of this monograph is to help teachers at universities, colleges and schools to diagnose and cure the pre-concepts. In case of the school-made misconceptions it will help to prevent them from the very beginning through reflective teaching. The volume includes detailed descriptions of class-room experiments and structural models to cure and to prevent these misconceptions."

For everybody teaching chemistry or becoming a chemistry teacher, the authors provide a practice-oriented overview with numerous examples from current chemical education, including experiments, models and exercises as well as relevant results from research on learning and teaching. With their proven concept, the authors cover classical topics of chemical education as well as modern topics such as every-day-life chemistry, student's misconceptions, the use of media or the challenges of motivation. This is the completely revised and updated English edition of a highly successful German title.

Over the last decades several researchers discovered that children, pupils and even young adults develop their own understanding of "how nature really works." These pre-concepts concerning combustion, gases or conservation of mass are brought into lectures and teachers have to diagnose and to reflect on them for better instruction. In addition, there are 'school-made misconceptions' concerning equilibrium, acid-base or redox reactions which originate from inappropriate curriculum and instruction materials. The primary goal of this monograph is to help teachers at universities, colleges and schools to diagnose and 'cure' the pre-concepts. In case of the school-made misconceptions it will help to prevent them from the very beginning through reflective teaching. The volume includes detailed descriptions of class-room experiments and structural models to cure and to prevent these misconceptions.

Unterrichtsplaner gingen lange davon aus, dass Schuler kaum eigene Vorstellungen in den Unterricht mitbringen. Fachdidaktische Erhebungen zeigen allerdings, dass Kinder und Jugendliche sehr wohl eigene Ideen zu Natur und Alltag haben. Chemiedidaktiker ermoglichen erfolgreiches Lernen, indem sie diese diagnostizieren. Anhand eigener Tests oder Interviews konnen sie Fehlvorstellungen ihrer Schuler ermitteln und erforderliche Korrekturen vornehmen. "

For everybody teaching chemistry or becoming a chemistry teacher, the authors provide a practice-oriented overview with numerous examples from current chemical education, including experiments, models and exercises as well as relevant results from research on learning and teaching. With their proven concept, the authors cover classical topics of chemical education as well as modern topics such as every-day-life chemistry, student's misconceptions, the use of media or the challenges of motivation. This is the completely revised and updated English edition of a highly successful German title.

Chemiedidaktik kompakt bietet den Studierenden und Studienreferendaren des Chemielehramts praxisnahes UEberblickswissen mit vielen Beispielen aus dem aktuellen Unterricht, mit Experimenten und Modellen, mit UEbungsaufgaben und schulrelevanten Ergebnissen der Lehr- und Lernforschung zu jedem Thema. Die Autoren behandeln mit ihrem erprobten Konzept nicht nur die klassischen Probleme der Chemiedidaktik, sondern widmen sich auch ausfuhrlich den modernen Themen wie Chemie im Alltag, Schulervorstellungen, Medien und Motivation.

Chemiedidaktik heute bietet den Studierenden und Studienreferendaren des Chemielehramts praxisnahes UEberblickswissen mit vielen Beispielen aus dem aktuellen Unterricht, mit Experimenten, UEbungsaufgaben und schulrelevanten Ergebnissen der Lehr- und Lernforschung zu jedem Thema. Die Autoren behandeln mit ihrem erprobten Konzept nicht nur die klassischen Probleme der Chemiedidaktik, sondern widmen sich auch ausfuhrlich den modernen Themen wie Chemie im Alltag, Schulervorstellungen, Medien und Motivation. 23 Stereobilder unterstreichen die Bedeutung chemischer Strukturen fur das Verstandnis der Chemie. Im zweiten Teil des Buches vertiefen und erweitern zehn umfangreich dargestellte Seminarthemen das Wissen und die chemiedidaktische Kompetenz der Studierenden und Lehramtskandidaten.