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	INS2252 - ENHANCING THE EPISTEMIC QUALITIES OF CHEMISTRY PRACTICAL CURRICULUM

Course synopsis

Chemistry laboratories are traditionally viewed as learning contexts where students develop practical skills. This course aims to equip chemistry teachers with a deeper understanding of chemistry laboratory as an epistemic infrastructure purposefully embedded with resources aimed at developing students’ epistemic knowledge about the different chemistry practicals. Dialogue that focuses on epistemic understanding will help students connect the theory to practice and appreciate why certain procedures are carried out during the practicals.

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Objective

By the end of this course, participants should be able to:

1. Articulate what is epistemic understanding in science.
2. Describe the difference in viewing chemistry laboratories as a physical space where practicals are done as compared to being epistemic spaces.
3. Identify affordances that supports students’ epistemic learning of chemistry practicals.
4. Use epistemic questioning during chemistry practical for the topics on titration, thermochemistry, kinetics, and qualitative analysis.

Outline

The course will cover the following areas:
1. Epistemic versus conceptual, social, and affective learning outcomes
2. Epistemic infrastructure and affordances
3. Epistemic questioning for titration practicals
4. Epistemic questioning for thermochemistry practicals
5. Epistemic questioning for kinetics practicals
6. Epistemic questioning for QA practicals

Course fee

	MOE Educators*	Non-MOE Educators**
Full course fee	S$90.00	S$360.00
Nett course fee	S$90.00	S$360.00
9% GST on nett course fee	S$8.10	S$32.40
Copyright fee	S$1.09	S$1.09
Total nett course fee payable, including GST and copyright fee	S$99.19	S$393.49

*MOE Educators include MOE & Direct Hire Staff from Independent, Specialised Independent and Specialised Schools.

**Non-MOE educators refer to those from SSP, SOTA, polytechnics, ITE, LASALLE, NAFA, University of the Arts Singapore, government-affiliated educational institutes, and autonomous universities.

Who should attend

Secondary and JC educators teaching Chemistry practical lessons.

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