Registrations are invited for Online Course on Atomic Structure for Teachers and Educators by TISS. The course is free of cost.
The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), established in 1936, is India’s premier University for applied social science research and education. The Institute is a deemed university and is fully funded by the University Grants Commission (UGC), Government of India. The TISS offers a range of professional programs and research degrees at its Mumbai, Tuljapur, Guwahati, and Hyderabad campuses.
The history of humankind’s endeavour to understand the structure of the atom is not only fascinating but is of philosophical importance as well. The advancing of our understanding of the structure of the atom has been instrumental to our comprehension of related scientific phenomena such as chemical reactions, the nature of chemical compounds, etc.
This course is aimed at advancing teachers’ understanding of the atomic structure and associated concepts, as well as their pedagogical knowledge of teaching the atomic structure. This includes students’ difficulties in learning these concepts and the ways to address them with the help of case studies of student thinking, their understanding, misconceptions, etc.. Teachers will be exposed to resources to address these issues.
This module was designed as part of The Connected Learning for STEM Project. It aims to build capacities of secondary school teachers in Science and Mathematics to foster higher-order thinking with inclusion and equity.The knowledge generated from this project has been disseminated to stakeholders in the ministries of education and relevant regulatory and professional bodies to seed it into the policy agenda of these countries. Key insights from this project have been shared with other researchers and opinion leaders in the spirit of creating global public good.
Teachers, Educator, anyone interested in teaching Chemistry.
Free.
Interested teachers can register online via this link.
Email: tissx[at]tiss[dot]edu
