Chemistry

Everything is chemistry - our food, our clothes, our environment, ourselves. What we and the world are made of and how substances change and transform into one another when we cook, heat, dye, glue or build, you will learn in the two-subject Master's degree in chemistry with the profile of teaching at grammar schools at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (CAU). Chemistry is the natural science in which the properties, the composition and the transformation of substances and compounds are researched. During your studies you will learn how and why chemical reactions take place and how you as a prospective chemistry teacher can pass this knowledge on to your students. In your bachelor's degree you have already received basic training in the technical systematics of the subject and in the fields of inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry and physical chemistry. Your master’s degree focuses on developing your didactic skills. To do this, you will complete a course on the conception of chemistry lessons and, using practical examples, learn how to design your chemistry lessons successfully. A school internship is also part of your curriculum. You will be closely supervised by the Center for Teacher Education (ZfL) at the CAU. The Chemistry Didactics Department of the Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (IPN) at the University of Kiel examines the learning and teaching of chemistry and natural sciences in the context of various educational institutions, for example in day care centers, schools and universities, but also in extracurricular teaching-learning environments. The research knowledge gained will be integrated directly into your curriculum. In the Kiel Research Workshop, a joint institution of the CAU, the IPN and the Schleswig-Holstein Research Forum, you have further options to gain practical experience for your later work as a chemistry teacher.