IUPAC Chemical Nomenclature for Chemistry Teachers at Secondary Schools
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IUPAC Chemical Nomenclature for Chemistry Teachers at Secondary Schools
The Committee on Chemistry Education has initiated a new project to educate chemistry teachers at secondary schools and technical colleges in the Czech Republic about current IUPAC nomenclature of inorganic, organic, biochemical, and macromolecular compounds. The procedure could later be used as a model for replication in other countries.
Knowledge of current IUPAC chemical nomenclature among chemistry teachers at secondary schools and technical colleges in the Czech Republic is rather rudimentary. The faculties educating chemistry teachers do not seem to put sufficient stress on correct and modern chemical nomenclature. The situation is even worse with senior teachers as postgraduate studies in education are not available to them. There is no appropriate solution to the problem. The most important, current IUPAC-nomenclature documents are translated into Czech and published, but their treatment of the topics is difficult and too detailed for the teachers, explained Professor J. Kahovec, the task group chairman undertaking this project. Organizing postgraduate courses for secondary school chemistry teachers is a viable solution.
In the courses that the task group is planning, the fundamentals of current IUPAC nomenclature of inorganic, organic, and biochemical compounds, as well as that of polymers, would be outlined. The rules and the ideas behind them would be explained and illustrated in many examples. At the same time, the most frequent errors in naming would be demonstrated and corrected. A booklet containing a brief outline of nomenclature rules and, possibly, a final exam would form an important part of the course. Experienced nomenclaturists—preferably those taking part in translations of IUPAC documents—who are members of IUPAC or national nomenclature commissions, would give the lectures. The booklet and teaching materials initially prepared in Czech will subsequently be translated in English.
Preliminary inquiries among chemistry teachers showed great interest in such courses. As the number of chemistry teachers at secondary schools and technical colleges in the Czech Republic is quite high, several course offerings would have to be scheduled. A meeting is planned with the Department of Teaching and Didactics of Chemistry of the Faculty of Science of the Charles University in Prague to introduce this course on IUPAC chemical nomenclature into the curriculum for chemistry teachers.
For more information, contact the Task Group Chairman Jaroslav Kahovec <kah@imc.cas.cz>.
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- Masthead
- From the Editor
- Contents
- President’s Column
- Chemistry Education
- On the Public Understanding of Chemistry
- First Inter-Union Workshop on Science Education
- New Strategies for Chemical Education in the New Century
- Russia and IUPAC
- The Double Helix Is 50 Years Old
- Young Observers Describe Experiences
- Standard XML Data Dictionaries for Chemistry
- IUPAC Chemical Nomenclature for Chemistry Teachers at Secondary Schools
- Glossary of Terms Used in Photochemistry
- Impact of Scientific Developments on the Chemical Weapons Convention
- Provisional Recommendations
- Concepts and Applications of the Term “Dimensionality” in Analytical Chemistry (IUPAC Technical Report)
- The “Purple Book” in Portuguese: Compêndio de Nomenclatura Macromolecular
- Definitions, Terminology, and Symbols in Colloid and Surface Chemistry
- Nanostructured Advanced Materials
- Macromolecule-Metal Complexes
- Food Packaging: Ensuring the Safety and Quality of Foods
- Concise International Chemical Assessment Document
- The Road to Stockholm: Nobel Prizes, Science and Scientists
- Organometallic Chemistry
- Electrical Properties of Polymers and More
- Polymer Networks
- 16th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry
- XVII Mendeleev Congress on General and Applied Chemistry
- Second International Conference on New Biomedical Materials
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