Dr Christine Mundy

Tel:                +27 (0)12 842 3531
Email:            [email protected]
Office:            D201, Chemistry Building, Mamelodi

Position:        General Chemistry Lecturer

Academic qualification: PhD Sci Ed

Teaching

I lecture two semester modules on the Mamelodi campus of the University of Pretoria.  The students I deal with are enrolled in an extended curriculum BSc.  In these modules students learn the foundations of chemistry, all built around the atom itself: the history of the atomic model, the tiny particles that make up the atom, what makes atoms different, how they react and how they interact and arrange themselves. Both of these modules are hybrid with online web assignments and a dedicated YouTube channel that students really enjoy.

Modules: CMY 133, CMY 143

Research interests

I am passionate about tertiary chemistry education research. Recently, colleagues in the Chemistry Department have formed a tertiary chemistry education research group.  Essentially, we aim at understanding how learning works in relation to educational and psychological theories, then using this understanding to support student learning in a rigorous way.

Please visit our Tertiary Chemistry Education research group website.

Journal articles

Mundy, C. and Potgieter, M., 2019. Refining Process-oriented Guided Inquiry Learning for Chemistry Students in an Academic Development Programme. African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 23(2), pp.145-156.

Postgraduate students

Name

Type

Year

Document Title

Langanani Rakhunwana

Hons

2019

Investigating underperformance in second year electrochemistry: A mixed methods study