Chemistry education: best practices, opportunities and trends

Front Matter

Part I: Chemistry Education: A Global Endeavour. Chemistry Education and Human Activity / Peter Mahaffy

Chemistry Education That Makes Connections: Our Responsibilities / Cathy Middlecamp

The Connection between the Local Chemistry Curriculum and Chemistry Terms in the Global News: The Glocalization Perspective / Mei-Hung Chiu, Chin-Cheng Chou

Changing Perspectives on the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum / Martin J Goedhart

Empowering Chemistry Teachers' Learning: Practices and New Challenges / Jan H van Driel, Onno de Jong

Lifelong Learning: Approaches to Increasing the Understanding of Chemistry by Everybody / John K Gilbert, Ana Sofia Afonso

Part II: Best Practices and Innovative Strategies. Using Chemistry Education Research to Inform Teaching Strategies and Design of Instructional Materials / Renée Cole

Research on Problem Solving in Chemistry / George M Bodner

Do Real Work, Not Homework / Brian P Coppola

Context-Based Teaching and Learning on School and University Level / Ilka Parchmann, Karolina Broman, Maike Busker, Julian Rudnik

Active Learning Pedagogies for the Future of Global Chemistry Education / Judith C Poë

Inquiry-Based Student-Centered Instruction / Ram S Lamba

Flipping the Chemistry Classroom with Peer Instruction / Julie Schell, Eric Mazur

Innovative Community-Engaged Learning Projects: From Chemical Reactions to Community Interactions / Claire McDonnell

The Role of Conceptual Integration in Understanding and Learning Chemistry / Keith S Taber

Learners Ideas, Misconceptions, and Challenge / Hans-Dieter Barke

The Role of Language in the Teaching and Learning of Chemistry / Peter E Childs, Silvija Markic, Marie C Ryan

Using the Cognitive Conflict Strategy with Classroom Chemistry Demonstrations / Robert (Bob) Bucat

Chemistry Education for Gifted Learners / Manabu Sumida, Atsushi Ohashi

Experimental Experience Through Project-Based Learning / Jens Josephsen, Søren Hvidt

The Development of High-Order Learning Skills in High School Chemistry Laboratory: "Skills for Life" / Avi Hofstein

Chemistry Education Through Microscale Experiments / Beverly Bell, John D Bradley, Erica Steenberg

Part III: The Role of New Technologies. Twenty-First Century Skills: Using the Web in Chemistry Education / Jan Apotheker, Ingeborg Veenstra

Design of Dynamic Visualizations to Enhance Conceptual Understanding in Chemistry Courses / Jerry P Suits

Chemistry Apps on Smartphones and Tablets / Ling Huang

E-Learning and Blended Learning in Chemistry Education / Michael K Seery, Christine O'Connor

Wiki Technologies and Communities: New Approaches to Assessing Individual and Collaborative Learning in the Chemistry Laboratory / Gwendolyn Lawrie, Lisbeth Grøndahl

New Tools and Challenges for Chemical Education: Mobile Learning, Augmented Reality, and Distributed Cognition in the Dawn of the Social and Semantic Web / Harry E Pence, Antony J Williams, Robert E Belford.

Part I. Chemistry education : a global endeavour. Chemistry education and human activity / Peter Mahaffy

Chemistry education that makes connections : our responsibilities / Cathy Middlecamp

The connection between the local chemistry curriculum and chemistry terms in the global news : the glocalization perspective / Mei-Hung Chiu and Chin-Cheng Chou

Changing perspectives on the undergraduate chemistry curriculum / Martin J. Goedhart

Empowering chemistry teachers' learning : practices and new challenges / Jan H. van Driel and Onno de Jong

Lifelong learning : approaches to increasing the understanding of chemistry by everybody / John K. Gilbert and Ana Sofia Afonso

Part II. Best practices and innovative strategies. Using chemistry education research to inform teaching strategies and design of instructional materials / Renée Cole

Research on problem solving in chemistry / George M. Bodner

Do real work, not homework / Brian P. Coppola

Context-based teaching and learning on school and university level / Ilka Parchmann, Karolina Broman, Maike Busker, and Julian Rudnik

Active learning pedagogies for the future of global chemistry education / Judith C. Poë

Inquiry-based student-centered instruction / Ram S. Lamba

Flipping the chemistry classroom with peer instruction / Julie Schell and Eric Mazur

Innovative community-engaged learning projects : from chemical reactions to community interactions / Claire McDonnell

The role of conceptual integration in understanding and learning chemistry / Keith S. Taber

Learners ideas, misconceptions, and challenge / Hans-Dieter Barke

The role of language in the teaching and learning of chemistry / Peter E. Childs, Silvija Markic, and Marie C. Ryan

Using the cognitive conflict strategy with classroom chemistry demonstrations / Robert (Bob) Bucat

Chemistry education for gifted learners / Manabu Sumida and Atsushi Ohashi

Experimental experience through project-based learning / Jens Josephsen and Søren Hvidt

The development of high-order learning skills in high school chemistry laboratory : "skills for life" / Avi Hofstein

Chemistry education through microscale experiments / Beverly Bell, John D. Bradley, and Erica Steenberg

Part III. The role of new technologies. Twenty-first century skills : using the web in chemistry education / Jan Apotheker and Ingeborg Veldman

Design of dynamic visualizations to enhance conceptual understanding in chemistry courses / Jerry P. Suits

Chemistry apps on smartphones and tablets / Ling Huang

E-learning and blended learning in chemistry education / Michael K. Seery and Christine O'Connor

Wiki technologies and communities : new approaches to assessing individual and collaborative learning in the chemistry laboratory / Gwendolyn Lawrie and Lisbeth Grøndahl

New tools and challenges for chemical education : mobile learning, augmented reality, and distributed cognition in the dawn of the social and semantic web / Harry E. Pence, Antony J. Williams, and Robert E. Belford.