Teaching Strategies

Topic

Strategy Type

Topic	Strategy	Title	Description
Organic Chemistry Mechanism	Content Structure Focus on Fundamentals	Identify Core Mechanism	There could be five “different” reactions, but actually they are the same core mechanism. If they can identify an electrophile and a nucleophile and how they get together in a particular context, then they understand all five of the reactions and another 55 too, if they choose to. The ultimate... more
Organic Chemistry Mechanism	Representations Models and Representations	Treat Mechanisms as Cartoons	The actual curly arrow mechanisms are in a way themselves cartoons, how they map to the reality in the way that a Micky Mouse might map to real life.
Organic Chemistry Mechanism	Active Learning Practice Problems Student Participation	Practice Problems During Lecture	Try to encourage active learning in the lecture theatre. Talk about a concept and then ask them to look at some examples and work through them on their own.
Organic Chemistry Mechanism	Mode of Delivery Reinforcement and Repetition	Re-Summarise	Repeat, re-summarise. Do not put the material on internet to make students write it down!
Organic Chemistry Mechanism	Mode of Delivery Reinforcement and Repetition	Reinforce Concept in Different Contexts	Keep coming back to the curly arrow concept, in terms of reinforcing it in different contexts. For a first-year course that’s about 20 lectures, introduce the curly arrow concept in lectures four to seven, then revisit it every lecture thereafter. For 13 or 14 lectures, it would come up in some... more

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