International year of chemistry programs

An important motivation for the project will be to support and facilitate a strong chemistry contribution to the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development , for which IUPAC is a founding partner. Using systems thinking ST approaches to integrate and strengthen contributions from education in the basic sciences toward meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals UNSDG , the project task force will focus on the role for chemistry as a central science in contributing to solutions to Earth and societal system challenges.

Project efforts in this area will be guided by task group members with expertise in systems thinking, education for sustainable development, green and sustainable chemistry education, and membership in the Young Global Alliance, with the aim of reinforcing the contribution of basic sciences to sustainability in the Agenda and beyond.

IUPAC sets standards for a common language for the global chemistry community. This project proposes to coordinate, evaluate, and publicize steps to carefully articulate the essential characteristics of ST in chemistry education and to outline ways in which ST can synergistically support educators in using and assessing student outcomes from other pedagogical approaches such as context-based learning, problem-based learning, and critical thinking.

A seminal starting point for this aspect of the project is offered by the work of task group members Orgill and York and future directions were laid out by task group members. In addition, to encourage and expand the uptake of STICE in chemistry at both secondary and tertiary education levels, the project will suggest ways to catalyze partnerships, in which not only educators take part, but also representatives of institutions responsible for chemical activities in society industry, pharmacies, chemistry labs, OPCW, to name a few to develop practical materials, examples and tools to support teaching, learning, curriculum development and assessment, with IUPAC CCE oversight of the project ensuring that diversity in international contexts is taken into account.

A website to facilitate open access to and exchange of information, tools and education resources for STICE will be created and supported for a minimum of project duration, with efforts made to develop a sustainable mechanism to keep it up to date following the project ending. Project efforts in this area will be guided by a subgroup of the task force with expertise in systems thinking, chemistry education research, curriculum development and dissemination, assessment, web site development and deployment, and accreditation of chemistry programs.

These activities will be carried out with the specific goal of strengthening the contributions of formal chemistry education to sustainability science and to meeting global sustainability goals such as the UN SDGs, thus supporting activities undertaken in Strand 1 Sustainability.

The work in this Strand will be led by COCI members and informed by task group participants with expertise in systems thinking, green and sustainable chemistry applications in industry, chemistry education and experience with facilitating interface and dialogue with industry. Your email address will not be published.

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