Developing chemistry teacher knowledge for teaching contemporary topics in chemistry and nanotechnology
Leading team
Dr. Ron Blonder
Postdocs and students
Sohair Sakhnini
Shelley Rap
Naama Benny
Summary
My research focuses on various pedagogical aspects involving the interaction of chemistry teachers and their students with contemporary science. In the research, conducted in the context of a nanotechnology course I developed together with Prof Reshef Tenne (Blonder, 2011), I found that in an advanced course even thorough learning of the contents (namely, …