International Conference on Education in
Chemistry – 2014 (ICEC–2014)
December 12–14, 2014
HBCSE, Mumbai, India
Organized by
Association of Chemistry Teachers (ACT)
and
Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education
(HBCSE)
Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE)
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
V.N. Purav Marg, Mankhurd
Mumbai 400088
Association of Chemistry Teachers (ACT) and Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education
(HBCSE), are pleased to announce the Second International Conference on Education in
Chemistry-2014 (ICEC-2014), to be held in Mumbai during 12-14 December 2014. The first
successful ICEC was hosted at HBCSE in 2010.
There is a growing recognition that improvements are needed in the quality of higher
education in the country, that is, in colleges and University Departments.
The improvement
efforts are directed towards two important areas: (a) updating curricula and syllabi, and (b)
modernising teaching strategies and educational delivery systems. These are urgently
needed in the chemical sciences, which address vital needs of the society. Systematic and
long term changes can be brought about by a research-based approach to transforming the
educational scenario in the chemical sciences.
From its inception in the late 1970s, Chemical Education Research (CER) has addressed
teaching and learning of chemistry at various levels. Some of the key areas of CER are
students’ conceptual understanding, problem solving approaches and their implications for
learning of chemistry, development and study of content courses in theory and experiment
for meaningful learning, the history of chemistry and its relevance for learning concepts in
chemistry, use of ICT and the role of affective factors in students' achievement in chemistry.
In India, CER is practised in few institutions, and chemistry education conferences have been
too few to make any difference.
ICEC-2014 seeks to acquaint chemistry teachers in higher
education with developments in CER. The aim is to help the teachers review their own
teaching-learning practices in the light of current trends in CER. Through planned
discussions relevant to chemistry in higher education, the conference hopes to offer
directions for policy planners, developers of curricula and syllabi, and textbook writers.
The conference will include invited review talks by leading international experts in chemistry
education, presentations by researchers, and workshops related to content and pedagogy of
chemistry as well as research in chemical education. These are designed to expose
educators in chemical sciences to available learning resources. Thus ICEC-2014 hopes to
create a platform for fruitful interactions among educators in the chemical sciences within
and outside India.
Association of Chemistry Teachers (ACT) is the Indian national organization of chemistry
teachers, involved in activities to improve tertiary level education within the country in the
chemical sciences. (http://www.associationofchemistryteachers.org)
Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE) is a national centre of the Tata Institute
of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, and is a leading institution in the country for
research and development in science, technology and mathematics education.
(http://www.hbcse.tifr.res.in)
ICEC-2014 Registration Details
ICEC-2014 Announcement
ICEC-2014 Pre Registration Form
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