Supporting research in chemical education

Higher education teacher

Karen J Ogilvie reports on how the RSC backs pedagogical research in science education

Many academics use innovative approaches in their teaching and to evaluate students' response and effectiveness. At what point do such activities become significant enough to be classed as research? How do scientists get to grips with research methodologies from the social sciences that will enable them to gather meaningful evidence on student learning?   

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