Talking about chemistry education
David Read writes about the shared conversations among the chemistry education community and what we can learn from them
There are a lot of people out there with a lot to say about chemistry education and they say it with passion, which reflects the commitment and dedication of those who choose to teach the subject.
I had the fortune to be in Jyvaskyla, Finland, for the European Conference on Research in Chemistry Education a couple of weeks ago, where I joined colleagues from 31 other countries. It’s hugely enlightening to discuss education with colleagues from elsewhere, and in a way it was gratifying to learn that those in other nations face the same problems as us. Despite the fact that we may traditionally have had a very diverse range of different approaches to education, we find ourselves in a position where we’re trying to get over the same hurdles.
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