Curriculum Development and Implementation in Chemistry
The chemistry group in the Department of Science Teaching at the Weizmann Institute has been responsible for the development of learning materials for high schools for many years.
Research
Development of Pedagogical Interventions (Instructional Techniques): Researching inquiry-type chemistry laboratories
Laboratory activities have long had a distinctive and central role in the science curriculum, and science educators have suggested that many benefits accrue from engaging students in science laboratory activities.
Research on Students' Learning Difficulties
Chemical concepts are very abstract; students find it difficult to explain chemical phenomena by using these concepts...
Development of Leadership among Chemistry Teachers
The implementation of the new standards of reform in science education necessitates intensive, life-long professional development of science teachers.
Continuous professional development (CPD) of chemistry teachers
A three-year Continuous Professional Research program is currently being conducted between the Department of Science Teaching at the Weizmann Institute of Science (Principal investigators : Professor Bat-Sheva Eylon and myself) and the Department of Science Education, Kings College, London...