(Ebook) Chemistry Education: Best Practices, Opportunities and Trends by Javier García-Martínez, Elena Serrano-Torregrosa ISBN 9783527336050, 3527336052

(Ebook) Chemistry Education: Best Practices, Opportunities and Trends by Javier García-Martínez, Elena Serrano-Torregrosa ISBN 9783527336050, 3527336052

This comprehensive collection of top-level contributions provides a thorough review of the vibrant field of chemistry education. Highly-experienced chemistry professors and education experts cover the latest developments in chemistry learning and teaching, as well as the pivotal role of chemistry for shaping a more sustainable future.
Adopting a practice-oriented approach, the current challenges and opportunities posed by chemistry education are critically discussed, highlighting the pitfalls that can occur in teaching chemistry and how to circumvent them. The main topics discussed include best practices, project-based education, blended learning and the role of technology, including e-learning, and science visualization.
Hands-on recommendations on how to optimally implement innovative strategies of teaching chemistry at university and high-school levels make this book an essential resource for anybody interested in either teaching or learning chemistry more effectively, from experience chemistry professors to secondary school teachers, from educators with no formal training in didactics to frustrated chemistry students.