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Chemistry Education : Best Practices, Opportunities and Trends.

This comprehensive collection of top-level contributions provides a thorough review of the vibrant field of chemistry education. Highly-experienced chemistry professors and education experts cover the latest developments in chemistry learning and teaching, as well as the pivotal role of chemistry fo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Garc?a-Mart?nez, Javier
Otros Autores: Serrano-Torregrosa, Elena
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Wiley, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Chemistry Education; Contents; Foreword; Preface; List of Contributors; Part I: Chemistry Education: A Global Endeavour; Chapter 1 Chemistry Education and Human Activity; 1.1 Overview; 1.2 Chemistry Education and Human Activity; 1.3 A Visual Metaphor: Tetrahedral Chemistry Education; 1.4 Three Emphases on Human Activity in Chemistry Education; 1.4.1 The Human Activity of Learning and Teaching Chemistry; 1.4.1.1 Atoms or Learners First?; 1.4.1.2 Identifying Learners and Designing Curriculum to Meet Their Needs.
  • 1.4.1.3 Effective Practices in the Human Activity of Learning and Teaching Chemistry1.4.1.4 Identifying and Eliminating Worst Practices as a Strategy?; 1.4.1.5 Exemplar: Emphasizing the Human Activity of Learning and Teaching Chemistry; 1.4.2 The Human Activity of Carrying Out Chemistry; 1.4.2.1 Explicit and Implicit Messages about the Nature of Chemistry; 1.4.2.2 Breathing the Life of Imagination into Chemistry's Facts; 1.4.2.3 Exemplars: Emphasizing the Human Activity of Carrying Out Chemistry; 1.4.3 Chemistry Education in the Anthropocene Epoch.
  • 1.4.3.1 Planetary Boundaries: A Chemistry Course Outline?1.4.3.2 Steps toward Anthropocene-Aware Chemistry Education; 1.4.3.3 Exemplars: Anthropocene-Aware Chemistry Education; 1.5 Teaching and Learning from Rich Contexts; 1.5.1 Diving into an Ocean of Concepts Related to Acid\endash Base Chemistry; 1.5.2 What Is Teaching and Learning from Rich Contexts?; 1.5.3 Teaching and Learning from Rich Contexts\, \endash \, Evidence for Effectiveness; 1.5.4 From ``Chemical'' to ``Chemistry'' Education\, \endash \, Barriers to Change; Acknowledgments; References.
  • Chapter 2 Chemistry Education That Makes Connections:\hb Our Responsibilities2.1 What This Chapter Is About; 2.2 Story \#1: Does This Plane Have Wings?; 2.3 Story \#2: Coaching Students to ``See'' the Invisible; 2.4 Story \#3: Designing Super-Learning Environments for Our Students; 2.5 Story \#4: Connections to Public Health (Matthew Fisher); 2.6 Story \#5: Green Chemistry Connections (Richard Sheardy); 2.7 Story \#6: Connections to Cardboard (Garon Smith); 2.8 Story \#7: Wisdom from the Bike Trail; 2.9 Conclusion: The Responsibility to ``Connect the Dots''; References.
  • Chapter 3 The Connection between the Local Chemistry Curriculum and Chemistry Terms in the Global News: The Glocalization\hb Perspective3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Understanding Scientific Literacy; 3.3 Introduction of Teaching Keywords-Based Recommendation System; 3.4 Method; 3.5 Results; 3.5.1 Example 1: Global Warming; 3.5.2 Example 2: Sustainability; 3.5.3 Example 3: Energy; 3.5.4 Example 4: Acid; 3.5.5 Example 5: Atomic Structure; 3.5.6 Example 6: Chemical Equilibrium; 3.5.7 Example 7: Ethylene; 3.5.8 Example 8: Melamine; 3.5.9 Example 9: Nano; 3.6 Concluding Remarks and Discussion.