Chemical education and chemical science
There is a constant
need to update the skills of teachers engaged in teaching chemistry, so chemistry education speaks to
this need. There are at least four different philosophical
perspectives that describe how the work in chemistry education is carried out. The
first is what one might call a practitioner’s perspective, wherein the
individuals who are responsible for teaching chemistry (teachers, instructors,
professors) are the ones who ultimately define chemistry education by their
actions. Chemistry education or chemical education is the study of
the teaching and learning of chemistry in all schools, colleges and universities. Topics in
chemistry education might include understanding how students learn
chemistry, how best to teach chemistry, and how to improve learning outcomes by
changing teaching methods and
appropriate training of chemistry instructors, within many modes, including
classroom lecture, demonstrations, laboratory
activities and it also includes Research, reviews of research, in chemistry education Evaluations
of effective innovative practice in the teaching of chemistry and In-depth
analyses of issues of direct relevance to chemistry education.