Incorporating chemistry in the community in a comprehensive curriculum and teacher professional development program

CHED 231

Donald J. Wink, dwink@uic.edu1, Sarah K. Brennan1, Stephanie A. Cunningham, scunni2@uic.edu1, Patrick L. Daubenmire, pdauben@luc.edu2, Scott A. Shippy, sshippy@uic.edu1, and Richard J. Kassner1. (1) Department of Chemistry (MC 111), University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607, (2) Center for Science and Math Education and Department of Chemistry, Loyola University Chicago, 6525 N. Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60626
The Chicago Public Schools (CPS) has recently launched a multi-year high school transformation project, including comprehensive plans to introduce new rigorous curricula in English, math and science. One of the providers for this project, the "Inquiry to Build Content" group organized by Loyola University Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago, is working with the ACS text Chemistry in the Community as its 10th grade curriculum. The steps taken to align this text within a three-year science curriculum and the design of extensive teacher professional development will be described. Results of a review of some of the issues most important for implementing this text with teachers and students in a large urban district will be presented, including examples of the teacher content enhancements that have been authored by university chemistry faculty.
 

Impending Issues in Chemistry Teacher Education
8:30 AM-11:55 AM, Monday, March 26, 2007 McCormick Place North -- Room N230B, Level 2, Oral

Division of Chemical Education

The 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25-29, 2007