What is it about?
How Faraday developed a methodology of teaching chemistry through popular science lectures at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, and also through one written work - his Chemical Manipulation (1828).
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Why is it important?
It gives an insight into the little known pedagogic skills of one of the greatest scientists of all times. His example, in the author's opinion, is not followed in today's school chemistry programmes. The author suggests a radical reform of the way in which school science is taught.
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The article is designed to promote a debate on school science education.
Dr Zbigniew Andrew szydlo
Highgate School
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This page is a summary of: Michael Faraday the educator - an essay to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Faraday’s Death, Chemistry-Didactics-Ecology-Metrology, December 2017, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/cdem-2017-0002.
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