Kieran Lim

Deakin University, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Honorary Associate Professor

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Address: School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment
Deakin University
Burwood
Victoria 3125
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Views: Education: Chemical education research

Chemistry in Australia, Aug 1, 2012

Every field of knowledge has two aspects: a practice component and research into the advancement ... more Every field of knowledge has two aspects: a practice component and research into the advancement of the discipline. Chemical education is the same. Chemical education research aims to evaluate improvements and innovation in practice and also investigate how students learn chemistry. The following examples illustrate the scope of chemical education research, with analogies to better well-known examples of research in chemistry.

Views: Education: Teaching the scientific method in the curriculum

Chemistry in Australia, Apr 1, 2012

In chemistry education, students learn not only chemical knowledge and skills, but also about the... more In chemistry education, students learn not only chemical knowledge and skills, but also about the culture of chemistry - how scientists think about, and practise, chemistry. Students often learn that science is practised according to the 'scientific method', which is a model of scientific discovery, expounded by science historians and philosophers. The idealised 'scientific method' has a number of steps: the collection of information about a phenomenon; the development of a hypothesis to explain those observations; an experiment to test a prediction that arises from the hypothesis, perhaps including more observations and collection of more information; improvement of the hypothesis; and so on.

Advancing science by enhancing learning in the laboratory (ASELL)

Support for this project has been provided by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council Ltd., ... more Support for this project has been provided by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council Ltd., an initiative of the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. The views expressed in this report do not necessarily reflect the views of the Australian Learning and Teaching Council or the Australian Government. This work is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Australia Licence. Under this Licence you are free to copy distribute, display and perform the work and to make derivative works. Attribution: You must attribute the work to the original author and include the following statement: Support for the original work was provided by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council Ltd, an initiative of the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. Noncommercial: You may not use this work for commercial purposes.

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