Greetings Colleagues!
Abstracts for Pacifichem 2025 (www.pacifichem.org) are due by April 2, 2025. If you plan on attending, consider submitting an abstract to our symposium:
Symposium Title: Bridging Research and Practice in Inorganic and General Chemistry Education
Topic Area: Educate, Communicate and Translate
Organizers: Rebecca Jones; Gwendolyn Lawrie; Brett McCollum; Justin Pratt; Adam Johnson
Symposium Description:
The education of post-secondary STEM students is a recognized global challenge; the Interactive Online Network of Inorganic Chemists (IONiC) is one community that has responded by developing innovative pedagogies and advancing chemical education research. Working together, educators and educational researchers can support teaching and learning improvements that are rapid, relevant, and accessible. This symposium will provide a forum for chemistry educators to share their efforts to develop, adapt, and/or adopt evidence-based materials and teaching strategies in undergraduate inorganic and general chemistry courses. Submissions which highlight innovative curricula, active learning in the classroom and laboratory, creative assessment practices, and alternative learning modalities, such as virtual or hybrid, are particularly welcome. The symposium will also welcome education researchers to describe what has been learned from studying inorganic and general chemistry teaching and learning. Bridging research and practice, presentations in this symposium will share diverse international perspectives on how education research has informed classroom pedagogy or how classroom practices have inspired and advanced education research.
Timeline for Abstract Submissions
- Abstract Submissions Open at www.pacifichem.org: January 9, 2025
- Registration and Housing Opens to Attendees: February 18, 2025
- Author Abstract Submission Deadline: April 2, 2025