Chemical Education: Towards Research-based Practice

• Chemistry and Chemical Education.- The Nature of Chemical Knowledge and Chemical Education.- The History of Chemistry: Potential and Actual Contributions to Chemical Education.- Models and Modelling in Chemical Education.- Learning Chemistry in a Laboratory Environment.- The Curriculum for Chemical Education.- Chemistry Curricula for General Education: Analysis and Elements of A Design.- The Roles of Chemistry in Vocational Education.- Informal Chemical Education.- Context-Based Approaches to the Teaching of Chemistry: What are They and What Are Their Effects?.- Teaching and Learning about Chemical Compounds.- The Particulate Nature of Matter: Challenges in Understanding the Submicroscopic World.- Bonding.- Problem-Solving in Chemistry.- Teaching and Learning About Chemical Change.- The Teaching and Learning of Chemical Equilibrium.- Teaching and Learning Chemical Kinetics.- The Teaching and Learning of Electrochemistry.- From Chemical Energetics to Chemical Thermodynamics.- Developing Teachers and Chemical Education.- Exploring Chemistry Teachers’ Knowledge Base.- Research and Development for the Future of Chemical Eeducation.

"The chapters are clearly written and are of sufficient length to provide in-dpeth treatment of each topic. [...] there is a wealth of research information about students' abilities to solve problems but there is little known about teachers' understanding of basic chemical knowledge. [...] the book will be of considerable interest to all chemistry teachers and chemical educationalists." (Education in Chemistry, March 2004)