Abstract

SANDOVAL, Marisa Julia; MANDOLESI, María Ester  and  CURA, Rafael Omar. Teaching Strategies to Teach Chemistry in Higher Education. educ.educ. [online]. 2013, vol.16, n.1, pp.126-138. ISSN 0123-1294.

Because of the learning difficulties in science during the initial stages of engineering careers, teaching strategies were designed and applied that were addressed at generating essential abilities and skills in order for our professionals to be locally and internationally competitive. This article presents how these activities evolved from 2006 to 2011 within the frame of project "Initial Learning in Engineering and LOI" undertaken in the National Technological University at Bahia Blanca, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The said strategies have been implemented in General Chemistry and Applied Chemistry courses. The approaching methodology is qualitative and it allowed observing the following: improvement in interdisciplinary work, increased critical and self reflective capacity, debate and defense of knowledge, employing comprehensive operations, student autonomy in learning processes, and improved oral and written communication.

Keywords : Chemistry; active learning; engineering; education strategies; university; student.

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