Engaging Learners with Chemistry (eBook)

Engaging Learners with Chemistry: How can we better understand and design supporting structures and programs?; Complexity, intellectual challenge and ongoing support: key learning conditions to enhance students’ engagement in STEM education; Being a scientist: the role of practical research projects in school science; Engagement and Relevance Through Context-Based, Everyday-Life, Open-Ended Chemistry Problems; Development of a context-based learning model where teachers link regional companies and science classes utilizing relevance to students; Cooperating with companies helps to make science education more relevant to school students; Teaching and Learning Science from the Perspective of Industry Contexts; Research visits as nuclei for educational programs; Fostering Scientific Literacy with the Language of Science in the Production of a Nano-Based After-Sun Care Product in an Extracurricular Setting - A CLIL Approach in a Science Lab for School Students; Enhancing school students' engagement in chemistry through a university-led enrichment programme; Can participation in a citizen science project empower schoolchildren to believe in their ability to act on environmental problems?; The use of contexts in chemistry education – a reflection on system levels and stakeholder involvement; Conclusions