Engaging Learners with Chemistry

Projects to Stimulate Interest and Participation

Edited by Ilka Parchmann, Shirley Simon, Jan Apotheker

Publication date:

27 July 2020

Length of book:

284 pages

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry

ISBN-13: 9781839161278

BOOK DESCRIPTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Many projects in recent years have applied context-based learning and engagement tools to the fostering of long-term student engagement with chemistry. While empirical evidence shows the positive effects of context-based learning approaches on students’ interest, the long-term effects on student engagement have not been sufficiently highlighted up to now.

Edited by respected chemistry education researchers, and with contributions from practitioners across the world, Engaging Learners with Chemistry sets out the approaches that have been successfully tested and implemented according to different criteria, including informative, interactive, and participatory engagement, while also considering citizenship and career perspectives.

Bringing together the latest research in one volume, this book will be useful for chemistry teachers, researchers in chemistry education and professionals in the chemical industry seeking to attract students to careers in the chemical sector.

Engaging Learners with Chemistry: How can we better understand and design supporting structures and programs?; Complexity, intellectual challenge and ongoing support: key learning conditions to enhance students’ engagement in STEM education; Being a scientist: the role of practical research projects in school science; Engagement and Relevance Through Context-Based, Everyday-Life, Open-Ended Chemistry Problems; Development of a context-based learning model where teachers link regional companies and science classes utilizing relevance to students; Cooperating with companies helps to make science education more relevant to school students; Teaching and Learning Science from the Perspective of Industry Contexts; Research visits as nuclei for educational programs; Fostering Scientific Literacy with the Language of Science in the Production of a Nano-Based After-Sun Care Product in an Extracurricular Setting - A CLIL Approach in a Science Lab for School Students; Enhancing school students' engagement in chemistry through a university-led enrichment programme; Can participation in a citizen science project empower schoolchildren to believe in their ability to act on environmental problems?; The use of contexts in chemistry education – a reflection on system levels and stakeholder involvement; Conclusions