Photoprocesses in MINT-Disciplines

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Michael Tausch
• Subject Area: Organic Molecular Chemistry - Synthesis and Characterisation
• Term: from 2013 to 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 236221117

The main goal of this project is an improvement of the quality of teaching chemistry by curricular innovation. This means the renewal of contents and methods of teaching chemistry as well as their adjustment to state-of-the-art scientific knowledge, questions relevant for the future and life in today's technical civilization. To achieve this, the domain of photoprocesses has been chosen because photoprocesses are perfectly fit for the communication of fundamental contents, concepts and methods of chemistry and the related MINT-disciplines, using examples from current research and technology.From the intersection of photochemical contents from chemistry and the MINT-disciplines biology, physics and informatics as well as geography, in the basic module new insights, experiments, teaching concepts and teaching materials for school and university are to be investigated and developed respectively. In the additional module "Concluding Interdisciplinary Workshop" the project results are intended to be prepared for the implementation into educational programs in schools and universities.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants