The need for innovative methods of teaching and learning chemistry in higher education - reflections from a project of the European Chemistry Thematic Network

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 233-240

  Eilks, Ingo ^a   Byers, Bill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Innovative methods; Pedagogical content knowledge; Pedagogy; Training of university teachers; Undergraduate chemistry education

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054091102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c0rp90004d     Document Type: Article

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