Chemical Education: Towards Research-based Practice (Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education, 17)

Gilbert, J.K., de Jong, Onno, Justi, Rosária, Treagust, David F., van Driel, Jan H.

ISBN 10: 1402011849 / ISBN 13: 9781402011849

Published by Springer (edition 2003), 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Chemical Education: Towards Research-based Practice (Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education, 17)
• Publisher: Springer (edition 2003)
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1402011849
• ISBN 13: 9781402011849
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2003.
• Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

Chemical education is essential to everybody because it deals with ideas that play major roles in personal, social, and economic decisions. This book is based on three principles: that all aspects of chemical education should be associated with research; that the development of opportunities for chemical education should be both a continuous process and be linked to research; and that the professional development of all those associated with chemical education should make extensive and diverse use of that research. It is intended for: pre-service and practising chemistry teachers and lecturers; chemistry teacher educators; chemical education researchers; the designers and managers of formal chemical curricula; informal chemical educators; authors of textbooks and curriculum support materials; practising chemists and chemical technologists. It addresses: the relation between chemistry and chemical education; curricula for chemical education; teaching and learning about chemical compounds and chemical change; the development of teachers; the development of chemical education as a field of enquiry. This is mainly done in respect of the full range of formal education contexts (schools, universities, vocational colleges) but also in respect of informal education contexts (books, science centres and museums).

Review

"The chapters are clearly written and are of sufficient length to provide in-dpeth treatment of each topic. [...] there is a wealth of research information about students' abilities to solve problems but there is little known about teachers' understanding of basic chemical knowledge. [...] the book will be of considerable interest to all chemistry teachers and chemical educationalists."
(Education in Chemistry, March 2004)