Green Chemistry in Analytical Chemistry Laboratory: The Reflections on my Teaching

Throughout writing the reflection on my teaching practices, I try to find out the advantages and the limitations of green chemistry approaches in my teaching laboratory. I agree that “reflection is an intrinsically good and desirable aspect of professional development” (Bain, Ballantyne, Mills, and Lester, 2002, p.10). Applying the green chemistry approaches is a part [...]

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My Reflection on Analytical Chemistry Practicum: The Problems and Dilemmas

My experiences working in the laboratory since I was student in high school encourage me to explore more laboratory teaching. However, I felt uncomfortable when I should reflect on my teaching practices which including my institution, colleagues, students, and others. Because, I realize that the subjectivity in every journey in my teaching practices will influence [...]

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My Journey in Laboratory Teaching: Self Reflections

My journey in laboratory teaching started in Analytical Chemistry Practicum unit. Analytical chemistry practicum is one unit which equip students to have competences in analyse the chemical substances with both qualitative and quantitative methods. In analytical chemistry practicum, most of my students did not understand the concept beyond the practical work. I found that my [...]

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