Research in Chemical Education: 22-27 November 2015, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa

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Research in Chemical Education

22-27 November 2015, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa

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From the journal Chemistry International Volume 37 Issue 4

The 2nd African Conference on Research in Chemical Education (ACRICE 2015) will be held at the University of Venda in Thohoyandou (South Africa), 22-27 November 2015. The ACRICE conferences are under the auspices of FASC, the Federation of African Societies of Chemistry.

Chemistry education is fundamental to development, both in terms of the preparation of an adequate number of chemistry specialists and to ensure the level of chemistry literacy that is essential for citizens to make informed decisions on a number of issues. The quality of chemistry education has a significant impact on development and sustainability. Research is fundamental to the quality of chemistry education, ensuring that it better responds to the continuous expansion of chemistry knowledge, to the changing characteristics of new students’ generations, and to the evolution of the general needs of society. This is why the ACRICE conferences focus on research in chemistry education.

ACRICE 2015’s core attention is on the key roles of chemical education for development and for sustainable development in particular, both in Africa and worldwide. The African continent is on a fast development track. Emerging economies have ideal opportunities to incorporate sustainability into the growth of industrial and societal development step by step. For chemistry to play its essential roles in simultaneously fostering development and sustainability, the quality of chemistry education needs to be sufficiently high and to improve continuously. ACRICE 2015 offers an ideal opportunity for sharing experiences, promoting reflections on the enhancement of chemistry education, and exploring new collaboration possibilities. It will be a meeting point for interactions among specialists from the African continent and elsewhere with the common goal of improving chemistry education to better meet the needs of sustainable development and to better foster chemistry understanding and chemical literacy.

The conference scope is broad, considering all areas of chemistry education and all levels of instruction, from primary to tertiary instruction to the fine educational aspects inherent in mentoring post-graduate students in research. It considers the known major challenges of chemistry education and the exploration of pedagogical options to better address them. It also explores cross-disciplinary possibilities to simultaneously benefit chemistry education and education in other areas and, above all, the comprehensiveness of the intellectual and professional preparation of the young generation. To further broaden the scope of the conference, participants are invited—on submitting their abstracts—to suggest sub-themes that they consider more suitable for their research interests and for their abstracts and presentations. Sub-themes proposed with sufficiently high recurrence will become the topics of individual sessions in the conference, while others will be grouped under suitable umbrella sessions. This option also aims to expand participants’ involvement in shaping the conference, so that it better responds to the interests of participants and of the entire chemistry educators community.

IUPAC financial support is provided to facilitate the attendance of young scientists from neighbouring African countries. Inquiries should be directed to the conference chair Liliana Mammino, or by e-mail to <acrice2015.mail@gmail.com>.

The University of Venda is located in an area rich in natural beauty and cultural heritage, offering excellent opportunities for combining an exciting high-quality scientific experience with a delightful immersion into the warmth of Africa.

https://sites.google.com/site/acrice2015

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It is a condition of sponsorships that organizers of meetings under the auspices of IUPAC, in considering the locations of such meetings, should take all possible steps to ensure the freedom of all bona fide chemists from throughout the world to attend irrespective of race, religion, or political philosophy. IUPAC sponsorship implies that entry visas will be granted to all bona fide chemists provided application is made not less than three months in advance. If a visa is not granted one month before the meeting, the IUPAC Secretariat should be notified without delay by the applicant.

How to Apply for IUPAC Sponsorship

Conference organizers are invited to complete an Application for IUPAC Sponsorship (AIS) preferably 2 years and at least 12 months before the conference. Further information on granting sponsorship is included in the AIS and is available upon request from the IUPAC Secretariat or online.

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