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TITLE OF PUBLICATION
WEBSITE OF THE SCIENTIFIC DEGREES PLAN - AREA OF CHEMISTRY - LIGURIA SECTION (PIANO LAUREE SCIENTIFICHE - AREA CHIMICA - SEZIONE LIGURIA)
NAME OF AUTHOR(S)
Maria Maddalena Carnasciali and Laura Ricco
NAME OF PUBLISHER
University of Genoa
YEAR OF PUBLICATION
website creation: 2005. Then annually updated with new material
LANGUAGE OF PUBLICATION
Italian
PUBLICATION TYPOLOGY
Other:
TARGET GROUP OF PUBLICATION
Young People, Researchers, Teachers, Policy Makers
DESCRIPTION OF CONTENTS
This is the official website of the Scientific Degree Plan - Area of Chemistry - Liguria Section. It is powered by the Department of Cemistry and Industrial Chemistry (DCCI) of Genoa University.
The website is a reliable and rich source of successful experiences to teach chemistry at upper secondary school. The experiences proposed by the site were designed and carried out in several schools by researchers of the above Department.
The website is very useful because successful experiences are laboratoral paths and all needed tools to reply them are provided; in fact, detailed laboratory sheets are provided as well as power point presentations that teachers can use to introduce the different topics linked to the laboratory activities.
On the left side of the homepage there is the menu of the laboratorial paths available and widely experienced:
- laboratories with DCCI
- laboratories with enterprises
Laboratories with DCCI are four different paths dealing with:
1. Interaction between light and matter
2. Pressure and temperature
3. Polimers and plastics
4. Carbohydrates and proteins
and were developed on the basis of interest and necessity expressed by teachers of schools involved in the project.
Laboratories with enterprises were developed in collaboration with enterprises located in Liguria Region and kindly available to show students the working reality of a chemist. The aim was to design and provide activities very similar to those carried out by chemist working in the above enterprises. The following paths are uploaded on the project website:
1. laboratory activities linked to Porto Petroli SpA (dealing with plastics)
2. laboratory activities linked to Acquarium of Genoa (dealing with water analysis and purification)
3. laboratory activities linked to Scientific Police of Genoa (dealing with forensic chemistry)
4. laboratory activities linked to Flli Parodi SpA (dealing with cosmetics and soaps)
REVIEWER’S COMMENTS ON THE PUBLICATION
The Scientific Degrees Plan is, actually, the most active and widespread project at national level to improve the teaching of some scientific discipline at upper secondary school. It is financed from the Ministry of Education since the first edition, in 2005. The project was born to face the alarming decrease of enrolments to some scientific courses of degree, chemistry included; year by year, it realized a great success in improving the teaching-learning methodology in upper secondary school so as to become a reference point for many teachers.
Our institution, the Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, has been the local coordinator of PLS-Chemistry for the Liguria region since 2005. The activities that are carried out within the project are designed so as to provide a form of continuous training; in fact, teachers are actively involved in:
- meeting for the production of admission tests for the degree course in chemistry;
- seminars on current topics of chemistry or teaching methodologies;
- meeting to design practical activities to be carried out in the laboratory;
- implementation of laboratory activities with students
The part devoted to the laboratory is usually the most popular, as for the enthusiasm of the students, as because teachers feel not prepared in this area and require help. The collaboration between teachers and university researchers enabled to organize many laboratory activities, carried out both at the Department and at school.
NAME OF THE REVIEWING ORGANISATION
University of Genoa

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Date: 2014.04.07

Posted by Jean-Luc Pieczynski (Belgium)

Message: This is a very well structured website that offers various sections such as activities, laboratories in cooperation with both the Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry and the enterprises, seminars and also sections concerning questionnaires, download and contacts.
It is especially in laboratories sections that a number of successful experiences is exposed, which are quite relevant for a better understanding of chemistry processes. The presence of images is helpful too.
An important section is also the one concerning questionnaires directed to the students, where it is possible to publish the tests given to students. In general, this publication it is very useful both from a theoretical and practical point of view.

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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