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TITLE OF PUBLICATION
TEACHING OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY IN POLISH UNIVERSITIES
NAME OF AUTHOR(S)
M. Biziuka& J. Namiesnika
NAME OF PUBLISHER
Taylor&Francis Online
YEAR OF PUBLICATION
2010
LANGUAGE OF PUBLICATION
English
PUBLICATION TYPOLOGY
Newspaper / Magazine article
TARGET GROUP OF PUBLICATION
Teachers, Policy Makers
SIZE OF THE PUBLICATION
Over 10 pages
DESCRIPTION OF CONTENTS
The importance of Analytical Chemistry in the modern world is continually increasing. There are a lot of reasons: the need for environmental monitoring, food quality control, human health, industrial production quality control, nanotechnologies, material science; these are only some of the areas where analysts are indispensable. Analytical Chemistry, or rather Chemical Analytics, should be treated on a par with the three fundamental chemical courses: Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Physical Chemistry. Analytical Chemistry, as an individual course or courses, is lectured in 52 Polish universities, including the Academy of Medicine and Academy of Life Sciences (agriculture and related). All these universities were already introduced in the Bolonia Process, The European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) points, and three steps of education: Bachelor's degree (at universities of technology–Engineer's degree), Master's degree, and Doctoral Studies. Analytical Chemistry exists on all levels of teaching. On the first level, Bachelor's degree, the program of Analytical Chemistry contains the basic knowledge, so called classical Analytical Chemistry: gravimetric analysis, electrogravimetry, acid-base titration, oxidation-reduction titration, precipitation titration, complexometric titration, quality assurance, and quality control of results (2–3 h of lecture, 5 h of laboratory, and 1 h of seminar). During the second level (Master's degree) the program contains more developed analytical techniques: gas and liquid chromatography, spectrophotometric methods, electrochemical methods, elemental analysis, etc. The lecture courses at universities depend on the specific specialization, and there are a variety of different courses according to the need of specialization programs. The Bachelor's (engineer's) projects (diploma theses) are very often prepared in the field of Analytical Chemistry. The same occurs with Doctoral Studies; very often, students choose subject matters connected with Analytical Chemistry. This is why each year we have about 100 doctoral candidates in the field of Analytical Chemistry. The laboratories of Polish universities are well equipped with specialized apparatuses, but are strongly dependent on the university's profile and the size of the university. Students can participate in the scientific research carried on by the didactic staff, especially when completing diploma theses or doctorates. Some of them are performing studies and theses abroad, in the frame of the LLP ERASMUS Program. From our department, each year, about 10–12 students complete their Analytical Chemistry theses abroad. It promotes the European dimension and improves the quality of education by encouraging innovation in education.
REVIEWER’S COMMENTS ON THE PUBLICATION
An article presenting teaching ANalytical Chemistry at Polish universities. Article available in a full version on completion of the online payment
WHERE TO FIND IT
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00032710903518658#.UoDB1SdOfhI
NAME OF THE REVIEWING ORGANISATION
WSINf

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Date: 2014.04.01

Posted by Daniela Petrova (Bulgaria)

Message: Analytical chemistry is a major part of chemistry as a science . A number of reasons - the need for environmental monitoring , quality control of food , nanotechnology and many other areas in which the specialist analyst is irreplaceable - its importance in the modern world is constantly increasing. In chemistry education on school level, analytical chemistry , however, has not yet found its place. When students finish school, if they go to a university where analytical chemistry is taught, they are unprepared . School curricula in chemistry classes have no set number of lessons for analytical chemistry. For this reason, teachers can not teach their students this chemical discipline. The publication well describes the degrees of studying analytical chemistry at Polish universities. This is useful for teachers to assess to what degree of difficulty it is possible to study analytical chemistry at schools. Through this article , teachers are convinced of the importance of analytical chemistry and so motivated to push for its inclusion in the curriculum of chemistry . Through the study of analytical chemistry in schools , teachers will be able to perform better interdisciplinary - chemistry and physics, chemistry and information technology and more. Using analytical methods for analysis of substances , teachers will be able to provoke their students’ experimental spirit of discovery via effective chemical experiments. This is especially important for students\' motivation for learning chemistry in schools , and later for their choice of profession by further training in specialized technical universities.

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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