On the core curriculum for chemistry – polemically

Abstract

In 2009, the Ministry of Education introduced new core curricula for preschool education and for general education in different types of schools. The article includes an assessment of new curricula for chemistry after three years of their application to the schooling system in the III and IV stages of education. The evaluation covers both the appropriateness and the aim of changes in curricula, and it also provides specific solutions for various chemistry subdisciplines, such as organic chemistry, physical chemistry, theoretical chemistry and biochemistry. Most attention was given to the level and to the content in teaching chemistry at each stage. Insufficient linkage between chemistry curriculum and other curricula for science, especially for biology and physics, was also analyzed