Didactics of Chemistry

The subject characteristics, and the profile of doctoral study absolvent

The doctoral study provides integrated education, allowing its absolvents to perform conceptual and research activity in the chemical education field because of their high erudition. The absolvents of the doctoral study will be ready for independent scientific, pedagogical, and coordination work in this field. The absolvents, will be able to use their skills at didactic places of work at universities and colleges which prepare Chemistry teachers, in the research institutes of Czech Ministry of Education which concern themselves with the chemical education problematics, in workplaces of institutions and organizations focused on postgraduate teacher education, in national and international institutions and organizations focused on state-wide or international research in chemical or science education (Division of Chemical Education EuCheMS, European Science Education Research Association, International Organization of Science and Technology Education, International Council of Associations for Science Education etc.).

Selected lectures of doctoral study

Chemical professional subjects: subjects offered by study programs and subjects of Chemistry
Pedagogically/psychological subjects: subjects offered by study programs and subjects of Pedagogy and Psychology
Chemical Education Subjects:

General questions of chemical education
Research methods in chemical education
Chemical educational programs in Czech Republic and EU countries
Motivation and activisation in chemical education
Chemical experiments in chemical education
Modelling in chemistry and chemical education
Use of thin-layer chromatography in school experiments
Structure and reactivity of organic compounds and chemical education
Chemical industry and chemical education
Educational tasks, evaluation, and diagnostics in chemical education
Digitalized chemical experiments and flexible texts
Distance chemical education

Selected dissertation themes

Concept and function of chemical education in the context of chemistry-science education and practical needs
Comparation analysis of chemical curricula in EU countries
Chemical education as a part of chemical literacy
Frame and school educational programs for primary and secondary chemical education
Theory and practice of chemical textbooks creation
Selected chemical terms and theories in chemical education
Activization methods and forms in chemical education
Modern methods in chemical education (application to selected subject themes)
Verbal and nonverbal means of chemical education
Application of pedagogically-psychological interventions in chemical education
Modelling of chemical structures and processes in chemical education
Experimental methods of basic chemical disciplines in high-school education
Experimental and practical activities in the context of current chemical education
New materials and technologies in the curricula of general chemical education
International surveys of the level of chemical education in Czech Republic
Educational tasks in chemistry - creation of the tasks, compiling, verifying and evaluating the tests
Use of informational and communication technologies in chemical education
Multimedia and e-learning in chemical education
Flexible and interactive computer programs in chemical education
Pregradual and postgradual education of chemistry teachers

Subject-area Board

The subject-area board is available in Czech (Oborová rada). The Chairman is highlighted.