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Solid chemistry

61 students marked "I sat this"Added 10 Apr 2020Question #080120

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Phoenix is adamant that the new course will teach solid chemistry, but he thinks that an attraction for students will be a teaching approach that differs significantly from his days as an undergraduate. This takes real-life issues as the starting point of lectures and modules, such as how drugs are made or the science behind green issues. Out of this study, he says, students will be exposed to the same core chemistry unchanged over decades, but they will be doing it in a way that is more engaging and more likely to lead to more fundamental learning.

What is Professor Phoenix’s opinion about a good teaching approach?

  1. AThe teaching approach from his days as an undergraduate is a very good one already.
  2. BTraditional lectures and modules should be abandoned completely.
  3. CTo better understand the basis of chemistry, students should be taught the same core chemistry in the same way over and over again.
  4. DA good teaching approach should base on real-life issues, which is more attractive for students.
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