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Essentials of Chemical Education

  • A concise overview of essential topics for successful education and training of chemistry teachers

  • Includes experiments and exercises

  • Award winning authors

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
  2. Learners Ideas and Misconceptions

    • Hans-Dieter Barke, Günther Harsch, Siegbert Schmid
    Pages 1-40
  3. Motivation

    • Hans-Dieter Barke, Günther Harsch, Siegbert Schmid
    Pages 41-60
  4. Teaching Aims

    • Hans-Dieter Barke, Günther Harsch, Siegbert Schmid
    Pages 61-92
  5. Media

    • Hans-Dieter Barke, Günther Harsch, Siegbert Schmid
    Pages 93-118
  6. Experiments

    • Hans-Dieter Barke, Günther Harsch, Siegbert Schmid
    Pages 119-152
  7. Structural and Mental Models

    • Hans-Dieter Barke, Günther Harsch, Siegbert Schmid
    Pages 153-187
  8. Scientific Terminology and Symbols

    • Hans-Dieter Barke, Günther Harsch, Siegbert Schmid
    Pages 189-216
  9. Everyday Life and Chemistry

    • Hans-Dieter Barke, Günther Harsch, Siegbert Schmid
    Pages 217-243
  10. Structure-Oriented Approach in Chemical Education

    • Hans-Dieter Barke, Günther Harsch, Siegbert Schmid
    Pages 291-319
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 321-326

About this book

For everybody teaching chemistry or becoming a chemistry teacher, the authors provide a practice-oriented overview with numerous examples from current chemical education, including experiments, models and exercises as well as relevant results from research on learning and teaching. With their proven concept, the authors cover classical topics of chemical education as well as modern topics such as every-day-life chemistry, student’s misconceptions, the use of media or the challenges of motivation. This is the completely revised and updated English edition of a highly successful German title.

Reviews

From the reviews:

“It includes experiments, demonstrations, exercises, and chemical connections to everyday life in its 321 pages … . Essentials of Chemical Education can be a useful addition to the library of teachers of chemistry teachers.” (Hal H. Harris, Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 89, 2012)

Authors and Affiliations

  • , Institut für Didaktik der Chemie, Westf. Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany

    Hans-Dieter Barke

  • , Inst. für Didaktik der Chemie, Westf. Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany

    Günther Harsch

  • School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

    Siegbert Schmid

About the authors

Barke and Harsch both got an award of the German Chemical Society (Friedrich-Gmelin-Preis der Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker GDCh)
Barke is one of the authors of  "Misconceptions in chemistry", published in 2009 by Springer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Essentials of Chemical Education

  • Authors: Hans-Dieter Barke, Günther Harsch, Siegbert Schmid

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21756-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-21755-5Published: 29 October 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-42882-1Published: 30 November 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-21756-2Published: 28 October 2011

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 328

  • Additional Information: Completely revised and updated English edition of the German title: Chemiedidaktik Heute by H.-D. Barke und G. Harsch, published by Springer-Verlag Heidelberg 2001, ISBN 978-3-540-41725-5

  • Topics: Chemistry/Food Science, general, Teaching and Teacher Education, Science Education, Learning & Instruction

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eBook USD 39.99
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  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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