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Festo Kayima

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Festo Kayima

Associate Professor -Chemistry didactics
Department of Teacher Education
Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences

festo.kayima@ntnu.no
+4773559695 +4796872197 Lysholmbygget, BR.4.082, Kalvskinnet, Sverres gate 12
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About

Fagområde

Kjemididaktikk

Prosjekter 

  • Developing chemistry teacher-trainees’ professional and classroom knowledge through reflective practice
  • Scientific literacy for science teacher-trainees
  • Developing and supporting teacher-trainees graduate attributes and key skills
  • STEMkey (2020-2023)-Eramus+ project: https://www.ntnu.edu/ilu/stem

Forskningsgrupper

  • Naturfaglig literacy i skole og lærerutdanning
  • ScienceHumanities

Undervisning 

  • Fagdidaktikk kjemi (PPU4224/4626)
  • DID3503 - Naturfag i skolen -https://www.ntnu.no/studier/emner/DID3503#tab=omEmnet
  • MGLU4211 - Naturfag som skolefag - https://www.ntnu.no/studier/emner/MGLU4211#tab=omEmnet

Veiledning

  • Kristine Fjelldal Sunde: "Teachers’ Use of Questions during Laboratory Experiments"

Competencies

  • Chemistry education
  • Science Didactics

Research

  • CoEASE – Consortium for European and African STEM Education
  • Naturfaglig literacy i skole og lærerutdanning
  • REALFAG: Science and Mathematics

Developing and Enhancing STEM Teacher Educators’ Pedagogical Competencies Through Collaborative Research (Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania)

The project seeks to build STEM educators' pedagogical and didactics competences and improve the quality of STEM teacher preparation.

Publications

  • Chronological
  • By category
  • All publications registered in NVA

2025

  • Kayima, Festo. (2025) Teaching Chemistry with Technology.
    Non-fiction chapter
  • Kayima, Festo. (2025) The Nature of Chemical Knowledge.
    Non-fiction chapter
  • Kayima, Festo. (2025) Teaching and Learning Chemistry Outdoors.
    Non-fiction chapter
  • Kayima, Festo. (2025) The Role of Students’ Misconceptions and Alternative Conceptions in the Learning of Chemistry.
    Non-fiction chapter
  • Kayima, Festo. (2025) Practical Work in Chemistry.
    Non-fiction chapter
  • Kayima, Festo. (2025) Assessment in Chemistry.
    Non-fiction chapter
  • Kayima, Festo. (2025) Integrating Sustainability Issues in Chemistry.
    Non-fiction chapter
  • Kayima, Festo. (2025) Preparing to Teach Chemistry.
    Non-fiction chapter
  • Kayima, Festo. (2025) Models, Their Nature and Role in Chemistry and in Teaching.
    Non-fiction chapter
  • Kayima, Festo. (2025) School Practice: Learning in and from Practice.
    Non-fiction chapter
  • Kayima, Festo. (2025) Becoming a Chemistry Teacher.
    Non-fiction chapter
  • Kayima, Festo. (2025) Preparing for Chemistry Teaching: Enhancing Didactic Knowledge & Skills. Springer
    Non-fiction monograph

2022

  • Kayima, Festo. (2022) Teaching Graduate Attributes along with subject content: Perspectives from Science Teacher Educators. Nordic Studies in Science Education (NorDiNa)
    Academic article
  • Mkimbili, Selina Thomas; Kayima, Festo. (2022) Preparing secondary school science teachers for learner-centered teaching in Tanzania’s Teacher Training Colleges: Educators’ perceived challenges and perspectives. African Journal of Teacher Education (AJOTE)
    Academic article
  • Kayima, Festo. (2022) The Role of Reflective Practice in Mediating Development of Pre-Service Science Teachers’ Professional and Classroom Knowledge. Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education
    Academic article

2020

  • Sunde, Kristine Fjelldal; Lykknes, Annette; Kayima, Festo. (2020) Læreres bruk av spørsmål under laboratorieforsøk. En undersøkelse av fire læreres praksis og refleksjoner i kjemi 1 og kjemi 2. NTNU
    Master thesis

2019

  • Kayima, Festo; Mkimbili, Selina Thomas. (2019) How Do Chemistry Teachers Deal with Students' Incorrect/Undesired Responses to Oral Classroom Questions? Exploring Effective Feedback Practices. Research in Science Education
    Academic article

2018

  • Kayima, Festo; Jakobsen, Arne. (2018) Exploring the situational adequacy of teacher questions in science classrooms. Research in Science Education
    Academic article
  • Kayima, Festo; Stadler, Matthias Gregor; Fooladi, Erik Cyrus. (2018) Exploring chemistry teachers' perspectives on questioning and providing a new way of analyzing teacher questions in science classrooms. Universitetet i Bergen
    Doctoral thesis

2016

  • Kayima, Festo. (2016) Question classification taxonomies as guides to formulating questions for use in chemistry classrooms. European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education
    Academic article

Journal publications

  • Kayima, Festo; Mkimbili, Selina Thomas. (2019) How Do Chemistry Teachers Deal with Students' Incorrect/Undesired Responses to Oral Classroom Questions? Exploring Effective Feedback Practices. Research in Science Education
    Academic article
  • Kayima, Festo. (2016) Question classification taxonomies as guides to formulating questions for use in chemistry classrooms. European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education
    Academic article
  • Kayima, Festo; Jakobsen, Arne. (2018) Exploring the situational adequacy of teacher questions in science classrooms. Research in Science Education
    Academic article
  • Kayima, Festo. (2022) Teaching Graduate Attributes along with subject content: Perspectives from Science Teacher Educators. Nordic Studies in Science Education (NorDiNa)
    Academic article
  • Mkimbili, Selina Thomas; Kayima, Festo. (2022) Preparing secondary school science teachers for learner-centered teaching in Tanzania’s Teacher Training Colleges: Educators’ perceived challenges and perspectives. African Journal of Teacher Education (AJOTE)
    Academic article
  • Kayima, Festo. (2022) The Role of Reflective Practice in Mediating Development of Pre-Service Science Teachers’ Professional and Classroom Knowledge. Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education
    Academic article

Books

  • Kayima, Festo. (2025) Preparing for Chemistry Teaching: Enhancing Didactic Knowledge & Skills. Springer
    Non-fiction monograph

Part of book/report

  • Kayima, Festo. (2025) Teaching Chemistry with Technology.
    Non-fiction chapter
  • Kayima, Festo. (2025) The Nature of Chemical Knowledge.
    Non-fiction chapter
  • Kayima, Festo. (2025) Teaching and Learning Chemistry Outdoors.
    Non-fiction chapter
  • Kayima, Festo. (2025) The Role of Students’ Misconceptions and Alternative Conceptions in the Learning of Chemistry.
    Non-fiction chapter
  • Kayima, Festo. (2025) Practical Work in Chemistry.
    Non-fiction chapter
  • Kayima, Festo. (2025) Assessment in Chemistry.
    Non-fiction chapter
  • Kayima, Festo. (2025) Integrating Sustainability Issues in Chemistry.
    Non-fiction chapter
  • Kayima, Festo. (2025) Preparing to Teach Chemistry.
    Non-fiction chapter
  • Kayima, Festo. (2025) Models, Their Nature and Role in Chemistry and in Teaching.
    Non-fiction chapter
  • Kayima, Festo. (2025) School Practice: Learning in and from Practice.
    Non-fiction chapter
  • Kayima, Festo. (2025) Becoming a Chemistry Teacher.
    Non-fiction chapter

Student thesis or dissertation

  • Kayima, Festo; Stadler, Matthias Gregor; Fooladi, Erik Cyrus. (2018) Exploring chemistry teachers' perspectives on questioning and providing a new way of analyzing teacher questions in science classrooms. Universitetet i Bergen
    Doctoral thesis
  • Sunde, Kristine Fjelldal; Lykknes, Annette; Kayima, Festo. (2020) Læreres bruk av spørsmål under laboratorieforsøk. En undersøkelse av fire læreres praksis og refleksjoner i kjemi 1 og kjemi 2. NTNU
    Master thesis

Teaching

Courses

  • PPU4627 - Teacher Education: Teaching Chemistry - Part 2
  • MGLU1506 - Natural Science 1 (5-10) Module 1
  • PPU4626 - Teacher Education: Teaching Chemistry - Part 1
  • PPU4224 - Education: Teaching Chemistry - Full Time
  • MGLU4211 - Science as school subject

Outreach

2023

  • Conference lecture
    Lykknes, Annette; Eikeseth, Unni; Eggen, Per-Odd; Persson, Rolf Jonas; Kayima, Festo. (2023) “Teaching the periodic system”, part of workshop on a key competence approach to teaching standard topics in STEM. Educating the Educators IV: STEM & Open Schooling for Sustainability Education

2022

  • Conference poster
    Eikeseth, Unni; Lykknes, Annette; Eggen, Per-Odd; Kayima, Festo; Persson, Rolf Jonas. (2022) A New Teaching Approach to the Periodic System. Digital Competences in STEM Education

2021

  • Conference poster
    Eikeseth, Unni; Lykknes, Annette; Eggen, Per-Odd; Kayima, Festo; Persson, Rolf Jonas. (2021) A New Teaching Approach to The Periodic System. Fair of Chemistry Teacher‘s Ideas 2021
  • Conference poster
    Eikeseth, Unni; Lykknes, Annette; Eggen, Per-Odd; Kayima, Festo; Persson, Rolf Jonas. (2021) A New Teaching Approach to The Periodic System/. Project-based and other activating strategies and issues of science education

2019

  • Lecture
    Kayima, Festo. (2019) Developing Science-teacher trainees' Graduate Attributes Alongside Subject CK and PCK: Views from Science-teacher Educators. The 13th European Science Education Research Association (ESERA) Conference
  • Lecture
    Kayima, Festo; Mkimbili, Selina. (2019) Dealing with Students' Undesired Responses to teachers' Oral Questions in Chemistry Classrooms: Exploring Effective Feedback Practices. International Conference: New Perspectives in Science Education

2017

  • Conference lecture
    Stadler, Matthias Gregor; Kayima, Festo. (2017) Why many chemistry teachers find it difficult to ask good questions. Nordic Research Symposium on Science Education

2014

  • Lecture
    Kayima, Festo. (2014) Chemistry Teachers' Knowledge and Perceptions about Classroom Oral Questioning. Lecture

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