All Opinion articles – Page 13
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OpinionAddressing the STEM UK skills shortage
Shaun Reason examines CaSE’s proposals to make the UK a leading scientific nation
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OpinionChemistry: the ultimate facilitating subject?
Kristy asks: why is chemistry such a prized qualification for entering higher education?
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OpinionWhat do we want our students to be?
We need to convert our students from consumers into creators, says David Smith
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OpinionThere's no such thing as just a school science technician
Could you manage without a technician to support your chemistry teaching?
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OpinionAda Lovelace Day
In the spirit of Ada Lovelace Day (a celebration of women in science, technology engineering and maths), here are few of the fascinating chemists we’ve featured this year:
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OpinionCrystal ball gazing: what do Ofsted really want from chemistry teaching?
There are a huge number of myths surrounding the perfect Ofsted lesson. It's simpler than you would think but could also be difficult to achieve....
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OpinionThere's something about maths...
In this week's post, Michael Seery aims to start a discussion about how we teach maths for chemistry
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OpinionTeaching for transition
It's a new academic year, and in this post, I have a look at some strategies that can help students make the transition from second to third level
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OpinionTrainee teachers need scholarship
The current government policy on teacher training is flawed, says Keith Taber
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OpinionIntegrating art into the chemistry curriculum
A range of possibilities for integrating art into the chemistry curriculum by means of context based learning
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OpinionBarbecues should be banned: discuss...
Summer holidays are here. Time to light up that barbecue! Or not, argues Keith Taber...
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OpinionTalking about chemistry education
David Read writes about the shared conversations among the chemistry education community and what we can learn from them
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OpinionThe beauty of language in chemistry
In chemistry we are blessed with a rich text with words influenced by languages from across the world. What are your favourite words and phrases in chemistry?
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OpinionYour summer reading list
... and how you can participate in the International Year of Crystallography
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OpinionA plea from the trenches
John Dexter ponders what needs to be done to help teachers fulfil their potential
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OpinionWarming to PeerWise
In this post I have an argument with myself about whether I will use PeerWise. I'm not sure which side wins...
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OpinionTeaching thermochemistry
A survey of some useful recent articles on the teaching of thermochemistry and thermodynamics for second and third level students