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Title Chemical education : towards research-based practice / edited by John K. Gilbert ... [and others]
Published Dordrecht ; London : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2002]
©2002

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Description xx, 425 pages ; 25 cm
Series Science & technology education library ; v. 17
Science & technology education library ; v. 17
Contents Machine derived contents note: From the contents:Acknowledgements.- General Preface.- A: Chemistry and Chemical Education.- B: The Curriculum for Chemical Education.- C: Teaching and Learning about Chemical Compounds.- D: Teaching and Learning about Chemical Change.- E: Developing Teachers and Chemical Education.- Notes about the Contributors.- Index
Summary "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)."--overview
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Chemistry -- Study and teaching.
Author Gilbert, John, 1940 July 11-
LC no. 2002044885
ISBN 1402011121 :