Strengthening High School Chemistry Education Through Teacher Outreach Programs - A Workshop Summary to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable (Paperback, New)

A strong chemical workforce in the United States will be essential to the ability to address many issues of societal concern in the future, including demand for renewable energy, more advanced materials, and more sophisticated pharmaceuticals. High school chemistry teachers have a critical role to play in engaging and supporting the chemical workforce of the future, but they must be sufficiently knowledgeable and skilled to produce the levels of scientific literacy that students need to succeed. To identify key leverage points for improving high school chemistry education, the National Academies' Chemical Sciences Roundtable held a public workshop, summarized in this volume, that brought together representatives from government, industry, academia, scientific societies, and foundations involved in outreach programs for high school chemistry teachers. Presentations at the workshop, which was held in August 2008, addressed the current status of high school chemistry education; provided examples of public and private outreach programs for high school chemistry teachers; and explored ways to evaluate the success of these outreach programs. Table of Contents Front Matter 1 Overview 2 Science and Science Education in the United States 3 The High School Chemistry Teacher: Status and Outlook 4 Initiatives by Federal Agencies 5 Exemplary Programs 6 Activities by Nonprofit and For-Profit Organizations 7 Future Actions Appendixes Appendix A: Workshop Agenda Appendix B: Biographies Appendix C: Poster Abstracts Appendix D: Workshop Attendees Appendix E: Origin of and Information on the Chemical Sciences Roundtable

General

Imprint:	National Academies Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2009
First published:	2009
Authors:	National Research Council • Division on Earth and Life Studies • Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology • Chemical Sciences Roundtable
Editors:	Steve Olson
Dimensions:	279 x 216 x 5mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	70
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-309-12859-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of a specific subject Books > Science & Mathematics > Chemistry > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > Teacher training
LSN:	0-309-12859-5
Barcode:	9780309128599

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