CHAPTER 6: On the Development of Non-formal Learning Environments for Secondary School Students Focusing on Sustainability and Green Chemistry
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Published:01 Jun 2015
N. Garner, J. Huwer, A. Siol, R. Hempelmann, and I. Eilks, in Worldwide Trends in Green Chemistry Education, ed. V. Zuin and L. Mammino, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015, pp. 76-92.
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This chapter describes a project of innovating chemistry education by the creation of non-formal learning environments in university laboratories open to secondary school science and chemistry classes. Issues of sustainable development and green chemistry were chosen as a driver to create the learning environments. Connecting the learning about sustainable development and green chemistry with innovations in the non-formal educational arena proofed to be a positive enrichment in the teaching and learning of chemistry in the eyes of both the students and the teachers. The project shows the potential of non-formal laboratories in universities, if thoroughly connected to formal learning in schools, for improving the chemistry curriculum and its related pedagogy, as well as for teacher continuous professional development.