The nature of the chemical concept : re-constructing chemical knowledge in teaching and learning /

This book offers a step-by-step analysis and discussion of just why some students find chemistry difficult, by examining the nature of chemistry concepts, and how they are communicated and learnt.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Taber, Keith (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry, 2018.
Series:Advances in chemistry education series ; 3.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The challenge of teaching and learning chemical concepts
  • What kind of things are concepts?
  • What kinds of concepts are important in chemistry?
  • Concepts as knowledge
  • The origin of a chemical concept : the ongoing discovery of potassium
  • Conceptualising acids : reimagining a class of substances
  • Concepts and ontology : what kind of things exist in the world of chemistry?
  • Chemical meta-concepts : imagining the relationships between chemical concepts
  • Accessing chemical concepts for teaching and learning
  • How are chemical concepts represented in the curriculum?
  • How are chemical concepts communicated?
  • How are chemical concepts represented in teaching?
  • How do students acquire concepts?
  • What is the nature of students' conceptions?
  • How do students' concepts develop?
  • Lessons for chemistry education.