Teaching Strategies

Topic

Strategy Type

Topic	Strategy	Title	Description
Analytical Chemistry Other Analytical Techniques	Mode of Delivery Storytelling/ Narrative	Story Telling	You can turn everything into a story in some way. Analytical chemistry lends itself to that. You can link it to stories that are in the media, personal experiences, your own personal research experience or the student’s own experience. ... more
Analytical Chemistry Other Analytical Techniques	Content Structure Big Picture Focus	The Analytical Approach	Rather than focusing on techniques, you need to look at the big picture - a holistic big picture of the analytical approach. That’s not going to change, but over time the techniques do change. For example, radiological techniques such as scintillation counters are not used much anymore.
Analytical Chemistry Other Analytical Techniques	Active Learning Lab-Based	Contextualize Practical Course	Contextualize the practical component of the course and ask students to justify why a technique can be used for a particular sample.
Analytical Chemistry Other Analytical Techniques	Content Structure Real World Applications Storytelling/ Narrative	Forensic Case Studies	When teaching forensic science you can make use of case studies, which is nothing more than story telling really.
Organic Chemistry Structure Determination/ NMR Analytical Chemistry Spectroscopy	Active Learning Practice Problems	Practice Spectroscopy	Extensive problem solving is essential when doing spectroscopy, because it’s such an applied field.

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