“Modern problems of the content of a chemistry course in high school”

As part of the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (UN) program at the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies of KazNU. Al-Farabi organized a round table with the participation of school teachers on the topic “Modern problems of the content of a chemistry course in high school” The event was organized by the deputy head of the department of general and inorganic chemistry for scientific, innovative and international relations, Bolatov A.K., and the teachers of the department: Satybaldiev B.S., Ismailov B.A., and Kenes K.M.

The round table initiative was presented in the form of a report by Professor of the Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry, B. M. Uralbekov, on the topic of compliance of chemistry curricula and textbooks approved by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and the compatibility of the topics given in these documents. The main problem under discussion is the compliance of curricula with the “spiral learning” technology that is currently used.

After the report, along with teachers from Almaty and surrounding regions, teachers from other cities of Kazakhstan shared their thoughts online. Key issues raised included:

-structure and levels of complexity in the curriculum;

- complexity of the topic when fixing the number of hours assigned to each topic;

-features of textbooks in natural sciences and humanities;

- prerequisites (connection with completed topics) when choosing topics.

The result of the round table was the joint writing of a letter of recommendation and an appeal to the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan from teachers, taking into account the peculiarities they encounter in education, in order to make changes to the curriculum.