Bringing collaborative research into class
Building an effective community of practice
Although there is a great deal of chemical education research going on around the world, there remains a significant disconnect between researchers and practitioners. One reason for this is that teachers and researchers belong to different communities of practice, whose goals and day-to-day activities differ widely. In this article, Sevian and colleagues outline the role of collaborative professional development in bridging the gap by bringing researchers and teachers together to design, implement and evaluate a research project which is essentially embedded in the teaching of a topic.
David Read summarises and reviews the article and project.
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