Report Defines Scholarly Research in Chemical Education

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Each year, it seems, more divisions devoted to chemical education are created in university chemistry departments around the country. A few universities have even established advanced degree programs in chemical education. But although a need for greater attention to reform of chemical education is widely appreciated, research in the area of chemical education is perhaps not as well understood. That's the reason, says Texas Tech University assistant chemistry professor Patricia A. Metz, that a session was held by the Division of Chemical Education to showcase scholarly activities in chemical education. Metz organized the half-day symposium, which brought speakers from across the country to discuss research efforts currently under way. Metz hopes the symposium will help chemistry faculty members understand and accept research in chemical education as appropriate scholarly activity for a chemistry department. At the symposium, a definition and set of goals for scholarship in chemical education were presente...