Chemistry Education and Sustainability in the Global Age [recurso electrónico

Annotation This edited volume of papers from the twenty first International Conference on Chemical Education attests to our rapidly changing understanding of the chemistry itself as well as to the potentially enormous material changes in how it might be taught in the future. Covering the full range of appropriate topics, the book features work exploring themes as various as e-learning and innovations in instruction, and micro-scale lab chemistry. In sum, the 29 articles published in these pages focus the readers attention on ways to raise the quality of chemistry teaching and learning, promoting the public understanding of chemistry, deploying innovative technology in pedagogy practice and research, and the value of chemistry as a tool for highlighting sustainability issues in the global community. Thus the ambitious dual aim achieved in these pages is on the one hand to foster improvements in the leaching and communication of chemistrywhether to students or the public, and secondly to promote advances in our broader understanding of the subject that will have positive knock-on effects on the worlds citizens and environment. In doing so, the book addresses (as did the conference) the neglect suffered in the chemistry classroom by issues connected to globalization, even as it outlines ways to bring the subject alive in the classroom through the use of innovative technologies Front Matter....Pages i-xii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Dissemination of Achievements in Chemical Education (Research) via EU Projects....Pages 3-13 Polish Education Reform and Resulting Changes in the Process of Chemical Education....Pages 15-24 Front Matter....Pages 25-25 Assessment of Chemistry Anxiety Among College Students....Pages 27-34 Teacher-Student Interactions: The Roles of In-Class Written Questions....Pages 35-47 Probing and Fostering Students’ Reasoning Abilities with a Cyclic Predict-Observe-Explain Strategy....Pages 49-57 A Trial of Placement and Embodiment of Images for Chemical Concepts in the Lesson Model of a “Surface Active Agent” Through SEIC....Pages 59-69 Front Matter....Pages 71-72 Chemistry Pre-service Teachers’ Mental Models of Science Teaching and Learning in Malaysia....Pages 73-83 Chemistry Teachers Enhance Their Knowledge in Contemporary Scientific Areas....Pages 85-96 Practical Science Activities in Primary Schools in Malaysia....Pages 97-108 Teaching Chemistry Effectively with Engineering Majors: Teaching Beyond the Textbook....Pages 109-120 Problem-Based Learning as an Approach to Teach Cell Potential in Matriculation College, Malaysia....Pages 121-130 Teaching Catalysis by Means of Enzymes and Microorganisms....Pages 131-144 The Application of the SATL in Biochemistry....Pages 145-154 Front Matter....Pages 155-156 An Alignment Analysis of Junior High School Chemistry Curriculum Standards and City-Wide Exit Exams in China....Pages 157-169 A National Survey of Students’ Conceptions and Their Sources of Chemistry in Taiwan: Examples of Chemical Equilibrium and Acids/Bases....Pages 171-183 The Use of Electronic Media for Chemical Education Research....Pages 185-195 Investigation of Tertiary Chemistry Learning Environment in Sabah, Malaysia....Pages 197-209 The Evaluation of Chemistry Competence for Freshmen at Technology Colleges in Taiwan....Pages 211-220 Changes in Teachers’ Views of Cognitive Apprenticeship for Situated Learning in Developing a Chemistry Laboratory Course....Pages 221-231 Front Matter....Pages 233-234 Application of Mind Maps and Mind Manager to Improve Students’ Competence in Solving Chemistry Problems....Pages 235-245 Front Matter....Pages 233-234 An Integrated-ICT Assessment for College Students’ Performances of Chemical Learning....Pages 247-256 Academic Performance and Attitude Toward Computer-Aided Instruction in Chemistry....Pages 257-265 Integrating Instant Response System (IRS) as an In-Class Assessment Tool into Undergraduate Chemistry Learning Experience: Student Perceptions and Performance....Pages 267-275 Front Matter....Pages 277-277 Aqueous Cationic and Anionic Surfactants for Microscale Experiments in Organic Chemistry Teaching Laboratories....Pages 279-291 Development of an Analytical Method of Gaseous Mixtures Using a Syringe....Pages 293-301 Microscale Experiments Using a Low-Cost Conductance Meter....Pages 303-310 Introducing Microscale Experimentation in Volumetric Analysis for Pre-service Teachers....Pages 311-320 Innovative Techniques in Microscale Chemistry Experiments....Pages 321-333 Microscale Experiment on Decreases in Volume When Forming Binary Liquid Mixtures: Four Alkanol Aqueous Solutions....Pages 335-346 Back Matter....Pages 347-351 This edited volume of papers from the twenty first International Conference on Chemical Education attests to our rapidly changing understanding of the chemistry itself as well as to the potentially enormous material changes in how it might be taught in the future. Covering the full range of appropriate topics, the book features work exploring themes as various as e-learning and innovations in instruction, and micro-scale lab chemistry. In sum, the 29 articles published in these pages focus the reader' s attention on ways to raise the quality of chemistry teaching and learning, promoting the public understanding of chemistry, deploying innovative technology in pedagogy practice and research, and the value of chemistry as a tool for highlighting sustainability issues in the global community. Thus the ambitious dual aim achieved in these pages is on the one hand to foster improvements in the leaching and communication of chemistry-- whether to students or the public, and secondly to promote advances in our broader understanding of the subject that will have positive knock-on effects on the world' s citizens and environment. In doing so, the book addresses (as did the conference) the neglect suffered in the chemistry classroom by issues connected to globalization, even as it outlines ways to bring the subject alive in the classroom through the use of innovative technologies