Studies In Junior Students' Interest In Learning Chemistry

The aims of junior chemistry in the period of compulsory education are mainly to enhance the students' accomplishments in science, arouse students' interest in learning chemistry, help them realize the importance of knowing about the basic processes and methods of making a science research, foster students' ability of doing a science research on their own and in the long run, to enable students to acquire basic required knowledge and skills in learning chemistry on their way to further study and development.In terms of theory, our current new curriculums focus on keeping and strengthening students' desires to explore the unknown and their curiosity about some chemical phenomena or what they are interested in in life and nature so that they can promote their interest in learning chemistry by means of studying further.Based on combination of writing about my teaching experience and questionnaires among my students, my papers came out. According to the survey carried out in my class about whether students are interested in chemistry or not, the following conclusion has been made: Students' interest in learning chemistry is related to teenagers' psychological characteristics, teaching environment, contents of courses, teaching methods, evaluation after teaching and qualities of a teacher.By analysis, some new approaches to arousing students' interest in learning chemistry have been presented: First, students doing experiments by themselves is the most efficient way to stimulate their interest in learning chemistry. Second, making full use of classroom teaching is another way to stir up students' passion and raise their efficiency in learning chemistry. Third, paying much attention to life and experiencing charms in chemistry is also helpful. Fourth, it is quite necessary for an educator to raise his qualities and communicate with students often after class. Fifth, an advanced teaching medium applied in a class will certainly make classroom teaching of high quality. Sixth, it's worthy of a positive suggestion to value a wide variety of evaluation and care much for the development of students' individuality.I have carried out some experiments in the classes which I am teaching. Comparing the students' average grades after a test between the two experimental classes, I have found there is a great difference, which reaches to a level of 0.01. It's undoubtedly right and appropriate to apply experimental methods to cultivating students' interest and passion in learning chemistry.