Partners:

Technical University of Gabrovo

Name of the person involved in the event:

Milena Koleva

Date of the event:

06 December 2012

Type of Dissemination event:

Conference or Fair

Description of Dissemination Event:

Paper “Motivation of Bulgarian students to study chemistry: problems and solutions” was presented during the International Conference on Innovative Learning in Chemistry in Prague, 6th December 2012. The paper is dedicated to the problem of student’s motivation to learn scientific subjects and particularly Chemistry. Trough the view-point of Chemistry school teachers with rich professional experience, representing different types of Bulgarian secondary schools, experts in Chemistry education, scientists in Chemistry, researchers in philosophy of Chemistry, science mediators and policy makers in natural sciences education, the main obstacles to students’ motivation to learn Chemistry are analyzed.

Target group:

School teachers, students, policy makers

Number of people reached by event:

more than 50

Held in:

Prague, Check Republic

Outcomes and Results:

Based on reviews of large number of publications, national and from the other Project partners, general approaches to improve the teaching-learning process and to motivate students to study Chemistry are formulated. Practical instruments and interactive teaching resources for implementation of these approaches to improve the motivation of students to learn Chemistry are proposed.

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