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PART I: Chemistry for all

Chemistry Education and Human Activity
Chemistry Education that makes Connections: Promoting Sustainability
Chemistry Outside the Formal School Context: Educating the Public
The Connection between the Local Chemistry Curriculum and Chemistry Terms in the Global News: The Globalization Perspective

PART II: Chemistry Learning: Best Practices

CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT
Context-Based Teaching and Learning on School and University Level
Flipping the Chemistry Classroom with Peer Instruction
Learner´s Ideas, Misconceptions and Challenge
The Role of Language in the Teaching and Learning of Chemistry
New Perspectives on the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum in Universities
The Role of Conceptual Integration in Understanding and Learning Chemistry
Chemistry Teachers´ Learning: Practices, Opportunities and Trends

PEDAGOGY OF ENGAGEMENT
Active Learning Pedagogies for the Future of Global Chemistry Education
Inquiry-Based Student-Centered Instruction
Chemistry Education for the Gifted Student
Research on Problem Solving in Chemistry
Innovative Community Learning Projects: From Chemical Reactions to Community Interactions

STRATEGIES FOR TEACHERS
Using Chemistry Education Research to Inform Teaching Strategies and Design of Instructional Materials
Do Real Work, not Homework
Using the Cognitive Conflict Strategy with Classroom Chemistry Demonstrations

PART III: Chemistry Education through Experimentation and Project-Based Learning

Developing High Order Learning Skills in the Secondary School Chemistry Laboratory
Experimental Experience through Project-Based Learning
Chemistry Education through Microscale Experiments

PART IV: The Role of the New Technologies

Chemical Education and the Practice of Science in the Dawn of the Social Semantic Web
21st Century Skills Using the Web in Education
Wiki Technologies and Communities: New Approaches to Assessing Individual and Collaborative Learning in the Chemistry Laboratory
E-Learning and Blended Learning in Chemistry Education
Chemistry Apps on Smartphones and Tablets
Multimedia Design of Dynamic Visualizations to Enhance Conceptual Understanding in Chemistry Courses

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This comprehensive collection of top-level contributions provides a thorough review of the vibrant field of chemistry education. Highly-experienced chemistry professors and chemistry education experts at universities all over the world cover the latest developments in chemistry learning and teaching, as well as the pivotal role of chemistry for shaping the future world.
Adopting a practice-oriented approach, they offer a critical view of the current challenges and opportunities of chemistry education, highlighting the pitfalls that can occur, sometimes unconsciously, in teaching chemistry and how to circumvent them. The main topics discussed include the role of technology, best practices, science visualization, and project-based education.
Hands-on tips on how to optimally implement novel methods of teaching chemistry at university and high-school level make this is a useful resource for professors with no formal training in didactics as well as for secondary school teachers.

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