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Centre for Education Research (CER) Seminar - Dr Christine Bladon

When: Monday, October 28, 2024, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Where: School of Physical and Chemical Sciences, G.O. Jones Building, Room 610, Mile End

Speaker: Dr Christine Bladon

The Centre for Education Research (CER) at SPCS are excited to welcome Christine Bladon who will be giving a talk on Monday 28th October at 12 noon in Room 610 at G.O. Jones Building.

Christine taught chemistry at various universities (Kent, Brunel, UCL, Queen Mary, Birkbeck) and was Head of Chemistry at Harris Westminster Sixth Form for 7 years until last year. She is currently an Academic Visitor at Queen Mary and is writing a book explaining the benefits to society that chemistry provides.

Christine’s talk is a personal reflection of how and why students can find learning Chemistry a challenging experience and what strategies inside and outside the classroom can help mitigate some of these problems.  The talk focuses on the element of language (verbal, visual, written, listening) in promoting students’ learning of material using examples from Physical, Inorganic and Organic Chemistry.  The pros and cons of electronic resources will also be considered.  An outline of a current project to foster students’ appreciation of Chemistry beyond the A-level specification concludes the presentation.

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