Identifying Opportunities to Promote Systems Thinking in Catalysis Education

Autor/inn/en	Ravi, Manoj; Puente-Urbina, Allen; van Bokhoven, Jeroen A.
Titel	Identifying Opportunities to Promote Systems Thinking in Catalysis Education
Quelle	In: Journal of Chemical Education, 98 (2021) 5, S.1583-1593 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ravi, Manoj) ORCID (Puente-Urbina, Allen) ORCID (van Bokhoven, Jeroen A.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9584
DOI	10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00005
Schlagwörter	Systems Approach; Chemistry; Advanced Courses; Science Instruction; Educational Change; College Science + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Systemischer Ansatz; Chemie; Fortgeschrittenenunterricht; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Bildungsreform
Abstract	While several engineering and science disciplines, including biology and environmental science, have greatly benefited from adopting a systems thinking approach, its extension to chemistry education is a much more recent advancement. The initial body of literature in this direction has largely surveyed the feasibility for systems thinking in general chemistry courses. Herein, we go a step further to explore the possibilities that systems thinking present for the instruction of more advanced chemistry courses, specifically in the context of catalysis education. Since catalysis has conventionally been taught employing a reductionist perspective, we identify the opportunities and challenges for instructors in transitioning to a systems thinking teaching style. We build our analysis in accordance with the principle of constructive alignment, where we systematically address the implications for systems thinking in writing intended learning outcomes, designing learning activities, and formulating student assessments. Through a series of carefully crafted examples in homogeneous as well as heterogeneous catalysis, we illustrate how embracing systems thinking can potentially enable a paradigm shift in catalysis education. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Division of Chemical Education, Inc. and ACS Publications Division of the American Chemical Society. 1155 Sixteenth Street NW, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 800-227-5558; Tel: 202-872-4600; e-mail: eic@jce.acs.org; Web site: http://pubs.acs.org/jchemeduc
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01