(1329) EXAMPLE OF APPLICATION OF THE “CASE STUDY” METHODOLOGY IN THE TEACHING OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

摘要

It is a fact that teachers and university teaching methods should be reformed as a result of adaptationof university education to the European higher education space. This reform has to be directedprimarily toward increasing student leadership in the process of teaching and learning. With thisregard, we present in this communication an innovative experience, classified as active methodology,conducted by novice university teachers. In particular, we have used the “case study” methodology.The experience was performed in the area of knowledge of Analytical Chemistry, and students withwhom the experience was implemented were fifth-year undergraduate Chemistry students (30students in total). The entire student group was divided into 2-3 people groups and the teacher gaveeach group a research article published in scientific journals. Scientific papers were strategicallyselected by the teacher in order to cover the topics discussed during the course of the subject. At theend of the experience, feedback from students was collected through a survey. In this sense, it isimportant to highlight that the vast majority of them valued this experience as a very positive activity.