Rather than reading from textbooks and notes, I use interactive learning to maximise student engagement. This includes methods such as interactive simulations, safe home experiments and open discussions. I do this in order to encourage students to be inquisitive and take an interest in what they are learning as opposed to them simply memorising facts. After the introductory section of the lesson,...
Rather than reading from textbooks and notes, I use interactive learning to maximise student engagement. This includes methods such as interactive simulations, safe home experiments and open discussions. I do this in order to encourage students to be inquisitive and take an interest in what they are learning as opposed to them simply memorising facts. After the introductory section of the lesson, we then cover the content in more detail to the students taught specification. This includes answering questions together from past papers, before they independently complete questions under supervision. This is followed by a review in which we go over the questions using the mark scheme and identify areas we must revisit. I encourage students to say what’s on their mind, as school has stifled students confidence. I believe that students should not fear incorrect answers and always put forward an attempt, right or wrong. Lessons are also tailored to individual students needs as not everybody has the same learning process. With some students we may use more visual methods such as diagrams and simulations, while with others we may use for verbal methods such as discussion. Chemistry enables fantastic opportunities for visual learning such as simple home reactions and crafting of models, all of which will be used. To summarise, I aim to engage students and further their love for the subject, giving them a deep understanding which will enable them to tackle any examinations they may face in the future and giving them a string foundation to build upon