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ERIC Number: EJ1156357
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Oct
Pages: 20
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: EISSN-1756-1108
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Finding the Connections between a High-School Chemistry Curriculum and Nano-Scale Science and Technology
Blonder, Ron; Sakhnini, Sohair
Chemistry Education Research and Practice, v18 n4 p903-922 Oct 2017
The high-school chemistry curriculum is loaded with many important chemical concepts that are taught at the high-school level and it is therefore very difficult to add modern contents to the existing curriculum. However, many studies have underscored the importance of integrating modern chemistry contents such as nanotechnology into a high-school curriculum. When students are exposed to nanotechnology, they perceive chemistry as more relevant to their life, and more modern than the chemistry they usually study at school, and consequently, their continuous motivation to study chemistry and related subjects increases. In the current study we identified topics in the high-school chemistry curriculum in Israel into which the essential nano-scale science and technology (NST) concepts can be integrated. Insertion points for all 8 NST essential concepts were found. We discuss the importance of ways in which chemistry educators can implement the results for updating the chemistry curriculum, thus making it more modern and relevant to the actual chemistry research that is conducted.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Israel
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