Strengthening High School Chemistry Education Through Teacher Outreach Programs: A Workshop Summary to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable
2009

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A strong chemical workforce in the United States will be essential to the ability to address many issues of societal concern in the future, including demand for renewable energy, more advanced materials, and more sophisticated pharmaceuticals. High school chemistry teachers have a critical role to play in engaging and supporting the chemical workforce of the future, but they must be sufficiently knowledgeable and skilled to produce the levels of scientific literacy that students need to succeed.
To identify key leverage points for improving high school chemistry education, the National Academies' Chemical Sciences Roundtable held a public workshop, summarized in this volume, that brought together representatives from government, industry, academia, scientific societies, and foundations involved in outreach programs for high school chemistry teachers. Presentations at the workshop, which was held in August 2008, addressed the current status of high school chemistry education; provided examples of public and private outreach programs for high school chemistry teachers; and explored ways to evaluate the success of these outreach programs.

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70 pages · 8.5 x 11 · paperback
ISBN Paperback: 0-309-12859-5
ISBN Ebook: 0-309-12860-9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/12533

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National Research Council. 2009. Strengthening High School Chemistry Education Through Teacher Outreach Programs: A Workshop Summary to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

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Front Matter i-xii
1 Overview 1-2
2 Science and Science Education in the United States 3-8
3 The High School Chemistry Teacher: Status and Outlook 9-17
4 Initiatives by Federal Agencies 18-23
5 Exemplary Programs 24-28
6 Activities by Nonprofit and For-Profit Organizations 29-35
7 Future Actions 36-40
Appendixes 41-42
Appendix A: Workshop Agenda 43-45
Appendix B: Biographies 46-51
Appendix C: Poster Abstracts 52-55
Appendix D: Workshop Attendees 56-57
Appendix E: Origin of and Information on the Chemical Sciences Roundtable 58-58

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