Publish 3 scientific articles in prestigious international journals in 2024 alone
The teacher born in 1992 made an impression when, in addition to teaching in class, he also actively conducted scientific research and guided students to participate in competitions.
From 2020 to 2024, Mr. Le Trong Duc published 6 scientific works, including 2 works in domestic journals and 4 works in prestigious international journals (SCIE, Scopus, ...).
In 2024 alone, the young teacher had 3 articles in prestigious journals in the SCIE and ESCI categories.
His research is the first step, testing to help design and develop drugs to treat diabetes. The main research direction is to synthesize heterocyclic compounds with α-glucosidase enzyme inhibitory activity (an enzyme that hydrolyzes starch into glucose). If the amount of glucose in the blood is too high and cannot enter the cells, it will lead to diabetes. Inhibiting this enzyme is one of the mechanisms to control blood sugar levels and the research direction of Mr. Duc is to develop drugs to treat diabetes.
Mr. Le Trong Duc, teacher at Hau Nghia High School, Long An province. Photo: NVCC
Pursuing scientific research also has a positive impact on his teaching process. “The more I research, the more I understand the nature of the problems, which helps to make teaching more profound and intuitive. I can also teach students the skills of a scientific researcher, which are patience, logic…”, Mr. Duc said.
The teacher directly participated in the provincial “Startup Idea” contest and won first prize with the project “producing environmentally friendly hand soap from star gooseberry leaves”. This project was voted by the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and listed in the 2019 Vietnam Creativity Golden Book.
He also guided his students to participate in a project to produce hand sanitizer from antibacterial active ingredients of the leaves and fruits of the lang dinh tree. The project was applied and produced more than 2,000 liters of antibacterial hand sanitizer (achieving a 99.99% sterilization rate), used in 2 rounds of Covid-19 prevention (in schools, district offices, and field hospitals).
In addition, Mr. Duc guided his students in 3 projects that won second prize at the provincial level and 1 project that won second prize at the national level in the annual science and technology competition for high school students.
According to Mr. Duc, scientific research not only helps to discover new things but is also a way for students to maximize their potential. “When doing scientific research, I see students clearly mature, not only in knowledge but also in thinking and problem-solving ability. That is the motivation that makes me love this job more,” Mr. Duc said.
Many effective teaching initiatives and solutions
In teaching, Mr. Duc has many highly effective solutions and initiatives. The most notable is the initiative recognized by the Provincial People's Committee in 2024 on developing students' self-study of Chemistry through the "flipped classroom" model.
Mr. Duc said that the “flipped classroom” is a learning model with the goal of helping students be more proactive in acquiring knowledge. Instead of going to class and lecturing in the traditional way every day, he requires students to study the lesson through documents and videos in advance.
In class, instead of lecturing on theory, the teacher spends a lot of time letting students present their knowledge; answering their questions; discussing in groups, practicing and guiding them to solve exercises. “Through this way of learning, I see that it not only helps students to actively absorb knowledge but also trains their teamwork and problem-solving skills. When they do it themselves and practice, they will definitely remember it longer than if they just know what the teacher says,” said Mr. Duc.
Students are encouraged by Mr. Duc to experience practice and creativity. In the photo, students design a mini fire extinguisher that releases CO2 gas to extinguish a fire in Chemistry. Photo: NVCC.
Teachers often let students do projects, thereby absorbing knowledge more naturally and easily. For example, when teaching about fire reaction, teachers let students make their own mini fire extinguishers.
“Students were asked to find plastic bottles or nearby objects to make a model of a fire extinguisher. Then, I instructed them to add chemicals (for example baking soda and vinegar) to create CO2 gas and extinguish the fire. I also asked students to present the design of the fire extinguisher to understand how the gas will escape after the reaction…”, Mr. Duc shared.
According to Mr. Duc, by starting to practice, students can give more positive feedback to him. “They may not follow my instructions but create CO2 gas by a different reaction and still be able to put out the fire. When they practice many times and have a basis for feedback, even if the solution given is different from the instructions, I still take note. What makes me happy is that many groups of students have come up with different solutions, not too dependent on my instructions,” said Mr. Duc.
With his professional capacity and prestige, he is also a member of the council that sets questions and marks the provincial excellent student exams every year. From 2020 to now, together with teachers in the school's Chemistry group, Mr. Duc has participated in teaching and training 21 students who won provincial excellent student awards.
With his tireless efforts, Mr. Duc was honored as "Outstanding Young Teacher" at the provincial and central levels in 2020; Certificate of Merit from the Minister of Education and Training for outstanding achievements in student education in 2020; Outstanding Teacher in 2024.
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