What is it about?
-We introduce here the Systemic Approach in Teaching and Learning Chemistry (SATLC) which means the study of chemistry concepts through interacted systems in which all relationships between concepts are clear. -To illustrate the idea of (SATLC), we build up a module on carboxylic acids and their derivatives in the form of the student text and teachers' guide. The experimentation of the module takes place in 8 classes in (6) Egyptian schools in big Cairo-Zone. -There was an encouraging conclusion reached from the result of the questionnaire, its summary is that most of the students prefer the systemic approach in teaching and learning because of its ease and shortness in time, intensify the Systemic approaches in teaching and learning chemistry concepts, helps them in understanding and in the study the rest of general chemistry, in addition, it is the most the appropriate approach for the 21st century.
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Why is it important?
The 21st-century generation has challenges that are difficult and numerous, either to find his place in this universe or the international flood of science and knowledge will take him away. So, it is a must to make a revolution in the methods of teaching. So that to create a recognized generation able to see what is going on around the world, and at the same time does not miss his identity. A generation is able to forecast and be creative not the study and learn. A generation that is able to see the whole and not to miss some parts of it. Objectives of using the systemic approach of teaching and learning (SATL) 1 Growing the ability of students on thinking systemically: so that the student will be able to see globally any subject without missing its parts. 2 Growing the ability to see the relationships between things more than things themselves. 3 Increasing the effectiveness of teaching and learning chemistry. 4 Making chemistry subject attractive to students instead of being repulsive to them. 5 Growing the ability for analysis and synthesis to reach creativity that is the most important output of a successful educational system. 6 Creating a new generation that is able to work positively with the environmental system around them. 7 Growing the ability for the use of a systemic approach in acting with any problem to put the creative solutions for it.
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The world is suffering the terrorism and terrorism is now represents an international phenomenon threatening the economics and the security of the world. It begins by thought deviation then directed to behavior, and if we looked to a terrorist at any place of the world, we ®nd him as a graduate of educational systems teaching a lot and learning a little. But if a man is equipped with systemic thinking in addition to the light of faith, we find him a constructive member in the society and not a destructive one, an effective element in life system trying to reach luxury for himself and others. So we find that the best way of fighting international terrorism begins with the reform of the existing educational systems in most of the world countries. For that, we perceived, the necessity of systemic directed teaching and learning for the 21st century to prepare generations that are lightened and have the ability to interact systematically in the global era of international peace and cooperation.
Professor Dr. AMIN Farouk FAHMY
Ain Shams University ,Egypt
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This page is a summary of: The use of systemic approach in teaching and learning chemistry for the 21st century, Pure and Applied Chemistry, May 1999, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1351/pac199971050859.
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