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Affeldt, Fiona; Tolppanen, Sakari; Aksela, Maija; Eilks, Ingo – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2017
Non-formal education has been suggested as becoming more and more important in the last decades. As the aims of non-formal education are broad and diverse, a large variety of non-formal learning activities is available. One of the emerging fields in many countries, among them Finland and Germany, has been the establishment of non-formal laboratory…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Scientific Literacy, Foreign Countries, Chemistry
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Eilks, Ingo – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2015
The year 2014 marks the end of the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). All educational domains and levels, including primary and secondary science education, have been working to contribute to education enabling younger generations to become responsible citizens and promote sustainable development in our world.…
Descriptors: Science Education, Sustainable Development, Elementary School Science, Secondary School Science
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Burmeister, Mareike; Rauch, Franz; Eilks, Ingo – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2012
The years between 2005 and 2014 have been declared as a worldwide Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD) by the United Nations. DESD's intended purpose is to promote and more thoroughly focus education as a crucial tool preparing young people to be responsible future citizens, so that our future generations can shape society in a…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Sustainable Development, Models, Teaching Methods