TY - JOUR
T1 - Conceptual profile of chemistry
T2 - a framework for enriching thinking and action in chemistry education
AU - Freire, Melquesedeque
AU - Talanquer, Vicente
AU - Amaral, Edenia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/3/24
Y1 - 2019/3/24
N2 - Understanding the nature of chemical thinking and action, as well as their application and impact on our world should be central goals of chemistry education at all educational levels. However, traditional school chemistry is still mostly focused on having students learn the body of declarative knowledge built over the years in the discipline. Achieving changes in curriculum and teaching practices in this context remains a challenging task. Studies in the history and philosophy of the discipline suggest that chemistry has unique characteristics that need to be recognised and considered in chemistry education. Many of these studies point to a pluralism in the discipline, and in the understanding of and about chemistry, that should be characterised and incorporated into our educational models. In this essay, we have attempted to build such a characterisation using conceptual profiles theory to propose a framework that can be used to enrich and support the thinking and action of chemistry teachers at all educational levels.
AB - Understanding the nature of chemical thinking and action, as well as their application and impact on our world should be central goals of chemistry education at all educational levels. However, traditional school chemistry is still mostly focused on having students learn the body of declarative knowledge built over the years in the discipline. Achieving changes in curriculum and teaching practices in this context remains a challenging task. Studies in the history and philosophy of the discipline suggest that chemistry has unique characteristics that need to be recognised and considered in chemistry education. Many of these studies point to a pluralism in the discipline, and in the understanding of and about chemistry, that should be characterised and incorporated into our educational models. In this essay, we have attempted to build such a characterisation using conceptual profiles theory to propose a framework that can be used to enrich and support the thinking and action of chemistry teachers at all educational levels.
KW - Chemistry
KW - chemistry education
KW - nature of chemistry
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U2 - 10.1080/09500693.2019.1578001
DO - 10.1080/09500693.2019.1578001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85062644589
SN - 0950-0693
VL - 41
SP - 674
EP - 692
JO - International Journal of Science Education
JF - International Journal of Science Education
IS - 5
ER -