Innovation and employability: Moving beyond the buzzwords: a theoretical lens to improve chemistry education
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Innovation and employability: Moving beyond the buzzwords : a theoretical lens to improve chemistry education. / Nielsen, Jan Alexis; Holmegaard, Henriette Tolstrup.
Relevant Chemistry Education: From Theory to Practice. ed. / Ingo Eilks; Avi Hofstein. Rotterdam : Brill | Sense, 2015. p. 317-334.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Innovation and employability: Moving beyond the buzzwords
T2 - a theoretical lens to improve chemistry education
AU - Nielsen, Jan Alexis
AU - Holmegaard, Henriette Tolstrup
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - ‘Innovation’ and ‘employability’ are often used in and around chemistryeducation. In this chapter we explore how these terms can have a meaningful roleto play in relevant 21st century chemistry education. We argue that chemistryeducation, in particular at the level of higher education, faces at least threechallenges. We then trace back the genealogies of the concepts of innovation andemployability, and identify a way to understand these two concepts in a way thatrids them off the current economic connotations and which renders their usagemeaningful at the level of pedagogy. We then sketch what we perceive to be thefundamental traits of a pedagogical focus on fostering students’ innovationcompetence and employability. Finally we argue that this focus, in principle, canbe a way to ameliorate the three challenges that faces chemistry education.
AB - ‘Innovation’ and ‘employability’ are often used in and around chemistryeducation. In this chapter we explore how these terms can have a meaningful roleto play in relevant 21st century chemistry education. We argue that chemistryeducation, in particular at the level of higher education, faces at least threechallenges. We then trace back the genealogies of the concepts of innovation andemployability, and identify a way to understand these two concepts in a way thatrids them off the current economic connotations and which renders their usagemeaningful at the level of pedagogy. We then sketch what we perceive to be thefundamental traits of a pedagogical focus on fostering students’ innovationcompetence and employability. Finally we argue that this focus, in principle, canbe a way to ameliorate the three challenges that faces chemistry education.
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 9789463001748
SN - 9789463001731
SP - 317
EP - 334
BT - Relevant Chemistry Education
A2 - Eilks, Ingo
A2 - Hofstein, Avi
PB - Brill | Sense
CY - Rotterdam
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