Chemical reaction and chemical transformation: two terms to highlight the role of models in the teaching of chemistry in France

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Isabelle Kermen
Université d’Artois, France
In the French chemistry syllabus of higher secondary school, 20 years ago, a macroscopic model was introduced to foresee the evolution of chemical systems. This macroscopic model, the chemical reaction, is distinct from the chemical description of the system modifications, the chemical change. This paper presents an epistemological and didactic analysis of this syllabus and an overview of how students and teachers understand it.
keywords: Chemical change, chemical reaction, chemical equation, model.

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Kermen, Isabelle. “Chemical reaction and chemical transformation: two terms to highlight the role of models in the teaching of chemistry in France”. Educació química, no. 27, pp. 56-61, https://raco.cat/index.php/EduQ/article/view/383755.
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Isabelle Kermen, Université d’Artois, France

És professora de química a la Universitat d’Artois i investigadora al laboratori de didàctica André Revuz. Ha ensenyat física i química durant una desena d’anys al liceu abans d’ensenyar química a la universitat des de 1992. Els seus temes de recerca principals tracten de l’ensenyament i la comprensió dels models en la química de l’ensenyament secundari, de les pràctiques dels docents i de l’ensenyament experimental a la universitat. És coeditora en cap de la revista Recherches en didactique des scienceset des technologies (RDST).