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PUBLICATION INFORMATION

TITLE OF PUBLICATION
MEANS OF MOTIVATION IN TEACHING CHEMISTRY
NAME OF AUTHOR(S)
Magda Sojáková - Miroslav Prokša
NAME OF PUBLISHER
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University Bratislava
YEAR OF PUBLICATION
2001
LANGUAGE OF PUBLICATION
Slovak
PUBLICATION TYPOLOGY
Report
TARGET GROUP OF PUBLICATION
Teachers
SIZE OF THE PUBLICATION
3 – 10 pages
DESCRIPTION OF CONTENTS
The contents of the article is based on analysis of didactic games for chemistry that are the most frequent in the teachers' proposal sets of types of incentive funds for the teaching of chemistry in elementary and secondary schools.
In another part of the article are a few examples of the most frequent didactic games that are a suitable tool for motivating effect on students. Few types of educational games are indicated.
REVIEWER’S COMMENTS ON THE PUBLICATION
Article reacts to the fact that chemistry is still disliked as a subject. This perception is not a distinctive feature only of the Slovak school system.
There are more objective, and for different countries, common causes of the current situation. These include in particular: the downward trend in the application of chemistry in professional practice, less "lucrativeness" of the professions associated with chemistry, single, simplified and distorted proportion interpreting chemistry for the deterioration of environmental conditions on Earth, the difficulty of study of chemistry and the like.
There are other specific causes of Slovak school system, which can also cause negative attitude of students to learning chemistry. For example they include in particular: over dimension of the content, strong preference for the scientific chemistry over the real need for chemical composition and depth of information and knowledge, the suppression of experimental base chemistry in the school system, disproportionate preference for certain parts of chemistry (formulas, nomenclature, chemical reactions writing chemical equations) over actual chemical content and the like.
WHERE TO FIND IT
Scientific Magazine - Chemické rozhľady č.3, 2001, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University Bratislava
Article we have in word format, we can upload this on our web project web page
NAME OF THE REVIEWING ORGANISATION
TRANSFER Slovensko

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National Reports on successful experiences to promote lifelong learning for chemistry The national reports on chemistry successful experiences to promote lifelong learning for chemistry are now available on the related section of the project portal. The reports presents examples of successful experiences in the partner countries and the results of testing of ICT resources with science teachers.

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