Integrating Lecture and Laboratory Work for a Materials Chemistry Course to Engage and Motivate Students through Highly Visual and Intriguing Syntheses

Karine Molvinger (1) , Rose-Marie Marin-Ayral (1) , Jean-Sébastien Filhol (1)

1 ICGM - Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier - Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux de Montpellier

An original integrated course called "Chemistry: Magical Science" at Montpellier University (France) is presented. This approach mixes tutorials and practical work by using the pretext of high-tech materials synthesis to teach students knowledge, skills, and practical techniques. It also educates students about chemical risks and bibliographic research and trains them for oral presentations. The practical work is partly directed and partly autonomous. This work involves a description of this course and its evaluation.

Mots clés: First-Year Undergraduate/General; Second-Year Undergraduate; Hands-On Learning/Manipulatives; Materials Science; Student-Centered Learning; Synthesis; Undergraduate Research

Domaines: Education; Autre

Karine Molvinger, Rose-Marie Marin-Ayral, Jean-Sébastien Filhol. Integrating Lecture and Laboratory Work for a Materials Chemistry Course to Engage and Motivate Students through Highly Visual and Intriguing Syntheses. Journal of Chemical Education, 2020, 97 (3), pp.866-872. ⟨10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00615⟩. ⟨hal-02507428⟩