Chemical Education and Sustainable Development: Recommendations of the International ICUC-PEIQ XV Conference

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The Chemical Educator

ISSN: 1430-4171 (electronic version)

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Abstract Volume 12 Issue 4 (2007) pp 292-294

Chemical Education and Sustainable Development: Recommendations of the International ICUC-PEIQ XV Conference

José Miguel Abraham,^† Carlos Mauricio Castro-Acuña,^‡,* Ramiro Domínguez-Danache,^‡ Gabriel Pinto^§, Paul B. Kelter^††

^†Facultad de Química, Bioquímica y Farmacia, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Universidad Nacional de San Luis, República Argentina; ^‡Departamento de Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) *icuc_mexico@yahoo.com.mx; ^§Departamento de Ingeniería Química Industrial y del Medio Ambiente, E.T.S. de Ingenieros Industriales, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid; ^††Department of Teaching and Learning, College of Education, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115

Published online: 4 August 2007

Abstract. The 15th International meeting of the Proyecto Integral de Educación Química—the Integrated Chemical Education Project—was held at the Universidad Nacional de San Luis in Argentina in October 2006. The goals of the conference were to promote in an international environment the exchange of ideas, experiences, proposals, and projects in the field of chemical education linked to sustainable development, compatible with the necessities and interests of the region; and to emphasize aspects of teaching of first-year chemistry and teacher training that relate to sustainable development. The recommendations of the conference centered around the need to work together across national boundaries and educational levels to effect educational change so that students and the general public can learn about the intimate connection between chemistry and sustainable development.

Key Words: Of Special Interest; general chemistry; introductory chemistry; international; first-year chemistry; diversity; laboratory; placement; assessment; ICUC

(*) Corresponding author. (E-mail: icuc_mexico@yahoo.com.mx)

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