Post-Secondary Chemistry Education in Developing Countries: Advancing Diversity in Pedagogy and Practice...

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Dawn I. Fox (University of Guyana, Guyana) Medeba Uzzi (University of Guyana, Guyana)

Post-Secondary Chemistry Education in Developing Countries

Advancing Diversity in Pedagogy and Practice

Dawn I. Fox (University of Guyana, Guyana), Medeba Uzzi (University of Guyana, Guyana), Jacqueline Murray (University of Guyana, Guyana)

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Routledge
25 March 2024

Philosophy & theory of education; Educational strategies & policy; Teacher training; Teaching of a specific subject; Educational: Chemistry

Series: Routledge Research in STEM Education

This book considers how post-secondary chemistry education can be advanced in developing countries, in order to respond to emerging global, regional, and local needs.

Taking Guyana as a case study, it pays particular attention to local challenges facing such territories, including human and financial resource shortages, tension between quality and quantity of graduates, cultural inequalities, unequal access to increasingly important Information and Communication Technology or Technologies (ICTs), and increasing competition from international universities in the developed world. Written by a team with over 70 years in combined teaching experience, it asks whether these challenges can be met and overcome and considers how tertiary chemistry education can better meet the rapidly changing needs of society. The authors examine the status quo of tertiary chemistry education in Guyana against the introductory backdrop of the internal and external stresses on the education system, before exploring selected best practices grounded in a three-pronged model focused on pedagogy, programming, and people. Advancing diversity on each of these levels, the book ultimately shows how this framework can support better learning and teaching, and the development of a better equipped and more diverse Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) workforce.

It will appeal to scholars, researchers, graduate students, and tertiary level curriculum developers in chemistry education, interested in an innovative, holistic approach for transforming chemistry teaching that focuses on pedagogical diversity, strategic co-curricular programming, and accommodating diversity and diverse learning styles in the classroom.

By: Dawn I. Fox (University of Guyana Guyana), Medeba Uzzi (University of Guyana, Guyana), Jacqueline Murray (University of Guyana, Guyana)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 1.250kg
ISBN: 9781032395791
ISBN 10: 1032395796
Series: Routledge Research in STEM Education
Pages: 204
Publication Date: 25 March 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dawn I. Fox is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Guyana. Medeba Uzzi is General Chemist and Chemistry Educator within the Department of Chemistry, University of Guyana. Jacqueline Murray is the Director of the Institute of Distance and Continuing Education, University of Guyana.