Introducing Chemistry Students to the 'Real World' of Chemistry
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| Title: | Introducing Chemistry Students to the 'Real World' of Chemistry |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Brown, Michael E., Cosser, Ronald C., Davies-Coleman, Michael T., Kaye, Perry T., Klein, Rosalyn, Lamprecht, Emmanuel, Lobb, Kevin, Nyokong, Tebello, Sewry, Joyce D., Tshentu, Zenixole R., van der Zeyde, Tino, Watkins, Gareth M. |
| Source: | Journal of Chemical Education. May 2010 87(5):500-503. |
| Availability: | Division of Chemical Education, Inc and ACS Publications Division of the American Chemical Society. 1155 Sixteenth Street NW, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 800-227-5558; Tel: 202-872-4600; e-mail: eic@jce.acs.org; Web site: http://pubs.acs.org/jchemeduc |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 4 |
| Publication Date: | 2010 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: | Higher Education |
| Descriptors: | Graduates, Chemistry, Marketing, Chemical Engineering, Undergraduate Students, Science Education, Foreign Countries, Unemployment, Science Instruction |
| Geographic Terms: | South Africa |
| DOI: | 10.1021/ed8001539 |
| ISSN: | 0021-9584 |
| Abstract: | A majority of chemistry graduates seek employment in a rapidly changing chemical industry. Our attempts to provide the graduates with skills in entrepreneurship and the ability to understand and communicate with their chemical engineering colleagues, in addition to their fundamental knowledge of chemistry, are described. This is done at second-year level with practical projects in which student teams formulate and prepare relatively simple chemical products for marketing, followed a year later by a more advanced study of the feasibility of producing and marketing a fine chemical on a commercial scale. (Contains 1 note.) |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 12 |
| Entry Date: | 2011 |
| Accession Number: | EJ918120 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | A majority of chemistry graduates seek employment in a rapidly changing chemical industry. Our attempts to provide the graduates with skills in entrepreneurship and the ability to understand and communicate with their chemical engineering colleagues, in addition to their fundamental knowledge of chemistry, are described. This is done at second-year level with practical projects in which student teams formulate and prepare relatively simple chemical products for marketing, followed a year later by a more advanced study of the feasibility of producing and marketing a fine chemical on a commercial scale. (Contains 1 note.) |
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| ISSN: | 0021-9584 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/ed8001539 |
