Chemical education is essential to everybody because it deals with ideas that play major roles in personal, social, and economic decisions. This book is based on three principles: that all aspects of chemical education should be associated with research
that the development of opportunities for chemical education should be both a continuous process and be linked to research
and that the professional development of all those associated with chemical education should make extensive and diverse use of that research. It is intended for: pre-service and practising chemistry teachers and lecturers
chemistry teacher educators
chemical education researchers
the designers and managers of formal chemical curricula
informal chemical educators
authors of textbooks and curriculum support materials
practising chemists and chemical technologists. It addresses: the relation between chemistry and chemical education
curricula for chemical education
teaching and learning about chemical compounds and chemical change
the development of teachers
the development of chemical education as a field of enquiry. This is mainly done in respect of the full range of formal education contexts (schools, universities, vocational colleges) but also in respect of informal education contexts (books, science centres and museums).