Undergraduate Chemistry Education A Workshop Summary (2014) / Chapter Skim
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Students hoping In her introductory remarks at the workshop, organizing to pursue careers as doctors, dentists, biologists, chemical committee member Patricia Thiel of Iowa State University engineers, and environmental scientists, among other pro- noted the enormous amount of activity in the field of scifessions, are often required to take an introductory general ence, technology, engineering, and mathematics education in chemistry course, if not also introductory courses in organic general and in chemistry education in particular. Given this chemistry and biochemistry.
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acknowledged, too, that "there are different perspectives and Although not comprehensive, this summary provides the controversies about almost every aspect of chemistry educa- readers with the key topics addressed during the workshop: tion. This meeting is not meant to cover every topic or every viewpoint or to represent every constituency but rather it is • Drivers of and barriers to change in chemistry designed to help stimulate awareness and discussion." education, • Innovative course design for large-enrollment chem istry courses, ORGANIZATION OF THE WORKSHOP • Assessment tools needed to better evaluate the effect SUMMARY of novel course designs on chemistry learning, This summary is organized into five chapters that are • Industry and academic perspectives on the need for aligned with the major themes and goals of the workshop.
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