Making Chemistry Relevant (eBook, PDF)

Strategies for Including All Students in a Learner-Sensitive Classroom Environment
Redaktion: Basu-Dutt, Sharmistha

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Unique new approaches for making chemistry accessible to diverse students Students' interest and achievement in academics improve dramatically when they make connections between what they are learning and the potential uses of that knowledge in the workplace and/or in the world at large. Making Chemistry Relevant presents a unique collection of strategies that have been used successfully in chemistry classrooms to create a learner-sensitive environment that enhances academic achievement and social competence of students. Rejecting rote memorization, the book proposes a cognitive constructivist philosophy that casts the teacher as a facilitator helping students to construct solutions to problems. Written by chemistry professors and research groups from a wide variety of colleges and universities, the book offers a number of creative ways to make chemistry relevant to the student, including: * Teaching science in the context of major life issues and STEM professions * Relating chemistry to current events such as global warming, pollution, and terrorism * Integrating science research into the undergraduate laboratory curriculum * Enriching the learning experience for students with a variety of learning styles as well as accommodating the visually challenged students * Using media, hypermedia, games, and puzzles in the teaching of chemistry Both novice and experienced faculty alike will find valuable ideas ready to be applied and adapted to enhance the learning experience of all their students.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. März 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470590584
• Artikelnr.: 38198365

Autorenporträt

SHARMISTHA BASU-DUTT is an Associate Professor of Chemistry and Director of Engineering Studies at the University of West Georgia. She has received numerous grants and awards for her groundbreaking projects that integrate education, engineering, and chemistry.

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors.

Preface.

Editor Profile.

1. Philosophical, Cognitive, and Sociological Roots forConnections in Chemistry Teaching and Learning (Donald J.Wink).

2. Chemistry and the Environment: A SENCER Model Course (AmyM. Shachter).

3. CORD's Applications in Biology/Chemistry: TeachingScience in the Context of Major Life Issues (Bonnie Rinard andMark Whitney).

4. The Science of Terrorism: An Interdisciplinary Course forNonscience Majors (Laura Post Eisen).

5. Chemistry for the Twenty-First Century: Bringing the "RealWorld" into the Lab (Gautam Bhattacharyya).

6. Student-Centered, Active Learning Pedagogies in ChemistryEducation (Gail Marshall).

7. Creating a Relevant, Learner-Centered Classroom for AlliedHealth Chemistry (Laura DeLong Frost).

8. Working with Chemistry: A Laboratory Inquiry Program(Julie Ellefson).

9. Making Chemistry Relevant to Science and Engineering Majors(Julie K. Bartley, Sharmistha Basu-Dutt, Victoria J. Geisler,Farooq A. Khan, and S. Swamy-Mruthinti).

10. The Center for Authentic Science Practice in Education:Integrating Science Research into the Undergraduate LaboratoryCurriculum (Cianán B. Russell, Anne K. Bentley, Donald J.Wink, and Gabriela C. Weaver).

11. Enriching the Chemistry Experience for All Students:Sensorial Experiments That Include Visually Challenged Students(Maria Oliver-Hoyo).

12. Media in Chemistry Education (William J.Donovan).

13. A Walk on the Applied Side: Developing Hypermedia forPhysical Chemistry (Erik M. Epp and Gabriela C. Weaver).

14. Effective Use of Games and Puzzles in the ChemistryClassroom (Thomas D. Crute III).

Index.

Rezensionen

"Overall, this is not a book that requires reading from cover tocover; rather, it can be 'dipped into' for inspiration whendeveloping new resources to capture the imagination of ourchemistry students." (Education in Chemistry , 1 March 2011)