Interaction between secondary and higher schools: A basis for fundamental chemical education

Nowadays, within the Russian system of higher education there are two subsystems working fairly independently. One is mass higher education, and other is fundamental (quality) education. The educational reform which has been underway since the mid-1990s only makes worse the situation. Every year higher school teachers note a decrease of the quality of applicants and first-year students, gaps in their knowledge of chemistry, mathematics, and other disciplines. Under such conditions, universities should provide themselves with a corpse of the adequately prepared applicants. What can be done in order to preserve traditions of the Russian fundamental university education? First of all, quality textbooks for school pupils and applicants can be written and published. Further, connections between higher education institutions and secondary school in various regions of the country can be established and developed. Another very important task consists in organizing and conducting science Olympiads for schoolchildren and applicants. All these activities are being undertaken now by the Moscow State University.     

用新工科理念做强做优盐湖化工特色专业

In order to better serve the local economic construction, the specialty of Salt Lake chemical industry is strengthened and optimized based on the concept of emerging engineering education (3E). The education reform has been carried out actively so as to meet the new needs of industrial development. The improvement of curriculum system was made by enhancing the multi-discipline education, updating the teaching contents, setting up school enterprise cooperation for teaching, research and application with strengthening innovation and engineering practice ability training. The reform has achieved good results and laid solid foundation for the future development of a new 3E major of Science and Technology of Salt Lake.     

Chemistry in Hungary

The following brief survey of the status of chemistry in Hungary focuses on chemistry education at Hungarian universities, the role of the chemical industry in the Hungarian economy, chemical research at university departments, and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and its major research areas. Chemical cooperation with institutions in other countries is also outlined, with emphasis on joint projects with German institutions.     

高中化学新课程与大学化学教学衔接研究——有机化学性质主题

通过分析归纳新课标人教版高中"必修2"、"选修5"与大学有机化学性质内容的联系与区别,并探索在化学教学中如何处理好高中与大学教学内容衔接问题,为新课程背景下的中学和大学的有机化学教学提供有意义的参考建议。     

近代化学巨匠:尤斯图斯?冯?李比希

尤斯图斯?冯?李比希是近代化学史上最杰出的化学家之一。李比希的人生经历中蕴含着许多教学元素,如教育报国,创新改革化学教育模式;不畏艰难,开拓学科新领域;开放创新,创建基于大学的自然科学学派;辩证唯物,坚持真理的科学态度;学以致用,联系实际的实践精神等值得我们深入分析,并将其精华在新时代的教学育人和学科建设中实践应用。     

The American Chemical Society's Division of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology's summer schools in nuclear and radiochemistry

This successful educational program in nuclear and radiochemistry for advanced undergraduate students is described. Funding from the U.S. Department of Energy supports 24 fellowships for participants in the intensive six-week programs at San Jose State University (CA) and Brookhaven National Laboratory (NY). Students are provided transportation to and from the school site, room and board, books, lab supplies, and six units of college credit. The instructional program consists of lectures and laboratory exercises that cover the fundamentals of nuclear theory, radiochemistry, nuclear instrumentation, radiological safety, and applications in research, midicine, and industry. Guest lectures and field trips broaden the students' exposure to nuclear science. Assistance is provided in the following year to those students who wish to join a research project at a university or national laboratory, and thereafter, in their applications to graduate or professional school.     

对单原子催化术语的讨论

单原子催化,是由我国化学家提出的一个新概念,近年来在多相催化领域引领了一波研究热潮。单原子气体,是中学化学教育中的重要知识点。单原子催化这一术语,在文字上与单原子气体非常相似,但又有着完全不同的意义,存在一定的误导性,值得商榷。     

Farbstoffchemie in der Schule: Computerunterstützt

The concept of the ideal polymethine state offers a comprehensible explanation of some basic colour and constitution relationships. With special regard to dyes and indicators used in high school education, the light‐induced charge transfer (CT) and charge resonance (CR) is calculated and additionally supported by HOMO/LUMO model pictures. The MOPAC program within Cambridge Soft's “Chem3D” serves as a main tool.     

Opportunities and protocol for the teaching of materials science in africa

During the last 30 years the world's materials around us have changed from ‐ steel, concrete and wood to new materials with their own chemistry, and they constitute a large part of the manufacturing industry and our imports. Emphasis is on polymers, advanced materials for the electronic and medical industries and novel ceramics, amongst others. Yet, a school leaver often doesn't know much, or anything, about steel, concrete or what a plastic bag is and how to recycle it. There is an urgent need to address the improved teaching of materials science, especially in Africa [1, 2]. The NSF in America funded the Materials Science Department at Iowa University to create standards eight, nine and ten, i.e. senior high school, material science course. Sixteen teachers were used to write the notes and teachers manual. We are looking at the use of this course to promote materials science as a third matric science subject. We are of the opinion that this course could do much to improve science teaching in Africa and make the matric student much more conscious of materials around him/her. This presentation (which in some form had been presented at various conferences) mentions what this course in materials science and macromolecules covers and, further what we can do and achieve with multimedia education at university level [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]. It will be based on the courses: MATTER, from Chapman‐Hall, developed by Liverpool University and Macrogalleria, developed by Prof. Lon Mathias at University of Southern Mississippi.     

Philosophy of chemistry in university chemical education: The case of models and modelling

If chemistry is to be taught successfully, teachers must have a good subject matter knowledge (SK) of the ideas with which they are dealing, the nature of this falling within the orbit of philosophy of chemistry. They must also have a good pedagogic content knowledge (PCK), the ability to communicate SK to students, the nature of this falling within the philosophy and psychology of chemical education. Taking the case of models and modelling, important themes in the philosophy of chemistry, an interview-based study was conducted into the SK and PCK of a sample of teachers in Brazil. This paper focuses on the results of the university chemistry teacher sub-sample in that enquiry, analyses their SK and PCK, and speculates on the implications of this for the education of school teachers. Finally, it suggests approaches to the professional development of university chemistry teachers that place an emphasis on the philosophy of chemistry. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

应用型本科院校开展学生科研训练的探索与研究*

大学生创新实践能力的培养是当前高校教育的重要命题,作为一所应用型本科院校,吕梁学院积极探索学生培养新模式,率先在化学化工系开展了人才培养方案改革、扩大实验室开放、“科研小助手”的选拔与培养等工作,项目的实施带动了多方面的变化并产出了一批科研与竞赛成果,为在全校范围全面开展学生科研训练提供了宝贵经验。     

大学无机化学与高中化学知识衔接——以原子结构与元素周期表为例

原子结构理论是高中化学和大学无机化学的重要组成部分和学习难点,教学过程中如何较好地衔接高中阶段知识与大学无机化学课程尤为重要。本文以原子结构和元素周期表知识点为例,以2019版高中人教版教材和北师大版的无机化学教材内容讨论高中化学知识与大学化学知识的衔接问题,依据作者的教学实践提出若干建议,为大学无机化学原子结构与元素周期表知识点的教学提供参考,同时帮助大一学生顺利完成知识的衔接过渡和培养学生独立思考、自主学习的能力。     

Charles J. Pedersen: innovator in macrocyclic chemistry and co-recipient of the 1987 Nobel Prize in chemistry

Charles J. Pedersen began life in Korea where his father was employed as an engineer at a gold mine in a remote region of that country. He received his primary and secondary school education in Japan and university training in the United States. He was employed as an organic research chemist at DuPont for 42 years. The signal accomplishment of this unusual individual was his serendipitous discovery of macrocyclic polyethers and of their selective complexation of alkali metal cations. This discovery sparked the development of a new field of chemistry and led to his sharing the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1987. An attempt is made to understand Pedersen as a person in this article.     

新工科项目“地方(行业)高校化学类专业应对产业变化的升级改造研究与实践”的实施

This "emerging engineering education (3E)" project "Upgrade and Practice of Chemistry-related Majors of Local and/or Specialized University Responding to the Industry Changes" was supported by the Ministry of Education. To aim at the issue of how to upgrade the chemistry-related majors of a local and/or specialized university responding to industry changes, an investigation on local regional economy and industry changes was carried out, the capability requirements of 3E for talents were analyzed, and the training objectives, graduation requirements as well as the new teaching models were also studied for the major to meet the future requirements. The practical experience for 3E construction of chemistry-related majors by selected universities was suggested.     

An overview of the status of nuclear science education in pre-college programs

This communication will provide an overview of the papers given in the Symposium entitled Pre-College Education in Nuclear Science held under the auspices of the Division of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology of the American Chemical Society, and given at the 204th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Washington, D.C., on August 24–28, 1992. The Symposium consisted of 45 invited papers, and covered topics in nuclear science education at the high school, middle school, and elementary school levels. The Symposium also presented an overview of the involvement of university and federal laboratories in providing teaching and research opportunities for pre-college faculty and students, curriculum enhancement by special interest groups such as power and utility companies, as well as funding opportunities from private and federal agencies.     

面向化妆品产业升级的江南大学应用化学专业建设思考与实践

Based on the development prospect of cosmetics industry, the advantage of light industry characteristic and the foundation of applied chemistry in Jiangnan University, a systematic upgrading of applied chemistry was carried out through "emerging engineering education (3E)" project "upgrade and practice of chemistry-related majors of local and/or trade university responding to the social developments" supported by the Ministry of Education. On the basis of investigation and analysis, the orientation and training goal of applied chemistry were updated first, and then the curriculum system was determined and the curriculum construction is strengthened, so as to achieve more distinctive characteristics, more solid foundation and more comprehensive quality. In view of the new requirements of the 3E for talent training, some practices have been formed in the aspects of multi-disciplinary integration, multi-angle coordination and close integration to industry. Contributing the development of cosmetics industry and seizing the commanding point of science and technology from the perspective of talent training, will play a unique role in human social progress.     

基于新工科理念的应用化学专业创新创业能力培养体系建设

To adapt to the needs of the development of new technology and new business forms, enhance the students' ability of innovation knowledge transformation and innovation and entrepreneurship, and promote the technological development and industrial upgrading of Liaoning Province and fine chemical industry, our university has established an innovation and entrepreneurship training system to meet the requirements of emerging engineering talents training, according to the professional advantages, regional characteristics and the social needs. The orientation of applied chemistry major, personnel training objectives, teaching mode, platform construction, innovation and entrepreneurship education have been systematically designed and comprehensively reformed, and some achievements and experiences have been achieved.     

What chemistry should be taught in modern schools?

The goals of school education and the role of lessons in natural sciences, particularly chemistry, in intellectual development of school children are analyzed. The reasons for the negative attitude to chemistry from the young people and the society are determined. The problems arising from the forthcoming reform of school education are discussed. The structure of the chemistry course for modern general schools is presented.     

现代教育技术构建氧化还原反应线上实验教学的策略探索与实践

In the era of "Internet +", with the help of national excellent MOOC course of Chinese university and Mlabs-virtual experimental software, Tencent classroom is built to provide a diversified and efficient online inorganic chemistry basic laboratory classroom by combining a variety of modern education technologies with the concept of flipped classroom. Taking the redox reaction experiment as an example, we designed a multi-link teaching process and carried out a multi-faceted assessment. The online teaching can not only strengthen the cultivation of students' comprehensive and innovating ability, but also help teachers to update the teaching mode and create the new experimental content in line with the development of the times, so as to realize the mutual learning between teachers and students in the exploration of experimental teaching reform.     

初中学生血吸虫病检查结果与影响因素分析

目的调查和分析江西南昌地区血吸虫病流行区初中学生血吸虫病情况,及相关影响因素。方法 2015年8月至2016年8月,将江西南昌地区血吸虫病流行区中的19个重点县分为血吸虫病传播控制区和血吸虫病疫情控制区,其中传播控制区调查人数1 569名,疫情控制区调查人数1 723名,对所有的学生均采取问卷调查措施。结果疫情控制区初中学生血吸虫病检查率明显高于传播控制区初中学生血吸虫病检查率,数据比较差异具有统计学意义(P0.05);血防知识知晓及格率越高,检查率越高;学校血防教育频次越高,检查率越高;血防部分教育频次及格率越高,检查率越高,数据比较差异均具有统计学意义(P0.05)。结论江西南昌地区血吸虫病流行区初中学生血吸虫病检查率较低,需要加强对初中学生的健康教育,实现提高初中学生血吸虫病检查率的目的。