Relevant chemistry education : : from theory to practice / / edited by Ingo Eilks and Avi Hofstein.

• TeilnehmendeR: Eilks, Ingo,; Hofstein, Avi,
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam, Netherlands : : Sense Publishers,, 2015.; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (389 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This book is aimed at chemistry teachers, teacher educators, chemistry education researchers, and all those who are interested in increasing the relevance of chemistry teaching and learning as well as students' perception of it. The book consists of 20 chapters. Each chapter focuses on a certain issue related to the relevance of chemistry education. These chapters are based on a recently suggested model of the relevance of science education, encompassing individual, societal, and vocational relevance, its present and future implications, as well as its intrinsic and extrinsic aspects. “Two highly distinguished chemical educators, Ingo Eilks and AviHofstein, have brought together 40 internationally renowned colleagues from 16 countries to offer an authoritative view of chemistry teaching today. Between them, the authors, in 20 chapters, give an exceptional description of the current state of chemical education and signpost the future in both research and in the classroom. There is special emphasis on the many attempts to enthuse students with an understanding of the central science, chemistry, which will be helped by having an appreciation of the role of the science in today’s world. Themes which transcend all education such as collaborative work, communication skills, attitudes, inquiry learning and teaching, and problem solving are covered in detail and used in the context of teaching modern chemistry. The book is divided into four parts which describe the individual, the societal, the vocational and economic, and the non-formal dimensions and the editors bring all the disparate leads into a coherent narrative, that will be highly satisfying to experienced and new researchers and to teachers with the daunting task of teaching such an intellectually demanding subject. Just a brief glance at the index and the references will convince anyone interested in chemical education that this book is well worth studying; it is scholarly and readable and has tackled the most important issues in chemical education today and in the foreseeable future.” – Professor David Waddington, Emeritus Professor in Chemistry Education, University of York, United Kingdom.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Ingo Eilks and Avi Hofstein -- From Some Historical Reflections on the Issue of Relevance of Chemistry Education Towards a Model and an Advance Organizer – A Prologue / Ingo Eilks and Avi Hofstein -- Why is it Relevant to Learn the Big Ideas in Chemistry at School? / Onno de Jong and Vicente Talanquer -- Chemistry and Everyday Life: Relating Secondary School Chemistry to the Current and Future Lives of Students / Peter E. Childs , Sarah M. Hayes and Anne O’Dwyer -- Learning Chemistry to Enrich Students’ Views on the World they Live in / Hannah Sevian and Astrid M. W. Bulte -- Epistemic Relevance and Learning Chemistry in an Academic Context / Keith S. Taber -- The Role of Values in Chemistry Education / Deborah Corrigan , Rebecca Cooper and Stephen Keast -- Promoting Metacognitive Skills in the Context of Chemistry Education / Yehudit Judy Dori and Shirly Avargil -- Promoting Argumentation in the Context of Chemistry Stories / Sibel Erduran and Aybuke Pabuccu -- Chemistry Education for Sustainability / Jesper Sjöström , Franz Rauch and Ingo Eilks -- The Idea of Filtered Information and the Learning About the use of Chemistry-Related Information in the Public / Nadja Belova , Marc Stuckey , Ralf Marks and Ingo Eilks -- Making Chemistry Education Relevant through Mass Media / Shu-Nu Chang Rundgren and Carl-Johann Rundgren -- Learning About Relevance Concerning Cultural and Gender Differences in Chemistry Education / Rachel Mamlok-Naaman , Simone Abels and Silvija Markic -- Science-Technology-Society as a Feasible Paradigm for the Relevance of Chemistry Education in Emerging Countries / Andoni Garritz , Bruno Ferreira dos Santos and María Gabriela Lorenzo -- Understanding the Change Toward a Greener Chemistry by Those Who do Chemistry and Those Who Teach Chemistry / George M. Bodner -- Learning From and About Industry for Relevant Chemistry Education / Avi Hofstein and Miri Kesner -- The Role of Cooperative and Work-Integrated Education in Chemistry Career Clarification / Richard K. Coll -- Innovation and Employability: Moving Beyond the Buzzwords -a Theoretical Lens to Improve Chemistry Education / Jan Alexis Nielsen and Henriette Tolstrup Holmegaard -- Relevance of Non-Formal Education in Science Education / Sakari Tolppanen , Jenni Vartiainen , Veli-Matti Ikävalko and Maija Aksela -- Using Informal Learning Experiences to Enhance Student Learning Outcomes in Chemistry / Sandhya D. Coll and David Treagust -- Professional Development of Chemistry Teachers for Relevant Chemistry Education / Muhamad Hugerat , Rachel Mamlok-Naaman , Ingo Eilks and Avi Hofstein -- Index / Ingo Eilks and Avi Hofstein.