All Opinion articles – Page 11
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OpinionOur favourite blogposts of 2015
We take a look a back on the year. Which articles really got us thinking?
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OpinionI’m a trainee teacher … and I’m actually enjoying myself
Our secret trainee talks about their first experiences of teacher training
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OpinionWhat does research say about flipped teaching?
Michael Seery explores the flip side of traditional lectures
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OpinionIs education research important?
David Read calls for us to engage with education research and enrich our teaching practice
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OpinionUnderstanding education
Raising awareness of teaching and learning opportunities all around us
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OpinionWhy I became a teacher
Rosie Coates, an RSC teacher scholar, talks about how a career in science communication led her into teaching
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OpinionEvaluating the evaluations: bias
Simon Lancaster focuses on gender bias in students' module evaluations
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OpinionFive ideas in chemical education that must die: Group 3
Eric Scerri explores the composition of group 3 in the periodic table, and why it should be updated
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OpinionPractical limitations
An apocalyptic vision of what the future might hold for school practical work in England, Wales and Northern Ireland by Steve Jones
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OpinionFive ideas in chemical education that must die: Chromium's anomalous configuration
Eric Scerri argues that we may be misleading students about what's behind chromium's anomalous configuraton
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OpinionFive ideas in chemical education that must die: The atomic orbital conundrum
Are 4s atomic orbitals preferentially occupied and ionised?
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OpinionFive ideas in chemical education that must die: Le Châtelier’s principle
Eric Scerri examines Le Châtelier’s principle and shows how it can lead to confusion among students
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OpinionWe are failing our students and society
Michael Seery discusses how to teach students that won't become chemists