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Experimenting with the Teaching of Organic Chemistry - the Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning Way


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1 Department of Chemistry, Sophia College, Bhulabhai Desai Road, Mumbai 400 026, India
2 Department of Chemistry, S.I.W.S. Colleges, Wadala, Mumbai 400 031, India
3 Department of Chemistry, V.K. Krishna Menon College of Commerce, Bhandup, Mumbai 400 042, India
4 Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR, V.N. Purav Marg, Mumbai, 400 088, India
 

Undergraduate students tend to find organic chemistry rather challenging and we as teachers of the subject are constantly trying to find new ways to enthuse students and help them understand and enjoy the subject. Active learning has taken centre stage today and one such student-centric teaching strategy, process-oriented guided inquiry learning has been explored by us. In this article we present our experience, the advantages of this teaching methodology and the likely challenges in implementation.

Keywords

Active Learning, Organic Chemistry, Resonance, Student-Centric Teaching.
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Authors

Gail Carneiro
Department of Chemistry, Sophia College, Bhulabhai Desai Road, Mumbai 400 026, India
Tanuja Parulekar
Department of Chemistry, S.I.W.S. Colleges, Wadala, Mumbai 400 031, India
Gomathi Shridhar
Department of Chemistry, V.K. Krishna Menon College of Commerce, Bhandup, Mumbai 400 042, India
Savita Ladage
Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR, V.N. Purav Marg, Mumbai, 400 088, India

Abstract


Undergraduate students tend to find organic chemistry rather challenging and we as teachers of the subject are constantly trying to find new ways to enthuse students and help them understand and enjoy the subject. Active learning has taken centre stage today and one such student-centric teaching strategy, process-oriented guided inquiry learning has been explored by us. In this article we present our experience, the advantages of this teaching methodology and the likely challenges in implementation.

Keywords


Active Learning, Organic Chemistry, Resonance, Student-Centric Teaching.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv111%2Fi7%2F1152-1155