Developing students' understanding of the nature of science (NOS) is seen as critical for educating scientifically literate citizens, and has emerged as an important curricular goal internationally. In Norway, a new curriculum reform has recently been implemented, intended to improve the Norwegian education in several ways. The reform aims to…

Insights and methods from the chemical sciences are directly relevant to global challenges such as climate change, renewable energy generation and storage, water purification, and food production. However, these connections are often opaque to students in general chemistry courses, who may get lost in the weeds of stoichiometry, VSEPR, and gas…

This paper scrutinizes the contribution of Romulo de Carvalho to the development of the Portuguese science curriculum, arguing that it was critically informed by his lifetime inclination to the humanities. It focuses on a particular historical event: the 1948 chemistry programme for the secondary school "Liceus". The paper briefly…

Where you live should have something to do with what you teach. In the Arctic, the idea of place-based education--teaching and sharing knowledge that is needed to live well--is central to the UARCTIC consortium and the 4th International Polar Year educational reform effort. A place-based issue oriented context can engage students in chemistry…

What criteria should be used to include or exclude particular topics within a country's science curriculum? It will be argued here that gold/gold mining is a suitable and relevant topic for inclusion in PNG's science curricula and suggestions towards achieving that end will be offered. The teaching of the mining of copper ore and the metal's…

The Society Committee on Education (SOCED) of the American Chemistry Society (ACS) held an invitational meeting, "Exploring the Molecular Vision" to re-construct the chemistry curriculum, in keeping with modern interdisciplinary practices. The meeting confirmed that chemistry education must interact with diverse disciplines, and portray its value…

Describes the development of a semester-long course that addresses issues of scientific integrity in a practical way as they arise in the daily lives of working scientists. Shares the topical organization of the course and other details. (DDR)

Explains the goals of a course to teach non-science majors how scientists think. Approaches science primarily as a way of knowing rather than as a body of knowledge and conveys the scientific method as an empirical endeavor. (DDR)

Outlines an industrial chemistry course aimed at bridging the academe-industry gap by identifying two major threads: the way industry functions and the way industrial chemists should act in order to be most effective. Contains 39 references. (DDR)

Describes a new high school chemistry curriculum designed around societal issues by the American Chemical Society. Uses more organic and nuclear chemistry but less physical chemistry than regular courses. Stresses problem solving and citizen education in chemistry. Examines current implementation and support materials. Suggests liberal arts course…

Outlines the development of a curriculum in molecular science that prepares those students who have a deep understanding of chemistry concepts and principles, have collaboration skills, are able to use modern technology, and can write about chemistry. (DDR)

This manual is organized around the concept of chemical change as used to explain everyday phenomena. It concentrates on three interrelated aspects of chemical change: (l) scientific knowledge; (2) technological applications; and (3) societal issues. The unit is divided into four episodes or segments of instruction with suggested time allotments.…

A symposium that focused on the education of chemistry teachers in China at predominately the middle and high school levels is discussed. The topics of curriculum and textbook reforms, instructional uses of modern technology, science-technology-society, collaborative efforts with educational psychologists, hands-on laboratory work, and the…

The proceedings of a program on teaching chemistry through energy and the environment that included plenary lectures, country and commission reports, introductions to new programs and materials, and an experimental approach to curriculum development across national boundaries via the production of an instruction unit are provided. The workshop…

This book offers a perspective on the science education enterprise that individuals can use as they attempt to understand what happens in science classrooms and what should happen. This book is a historical account of ideas in science education that covers the time period from approximately the middle of the nineteenth century to 1991. How science…