- Title
- The implementation of a service-learning component in an organic chemistry laboratory course
- Creator
- Glover, Sarah R
- Creator
- Sewry, Joyce D
- Creator
- Bromley, Candice L
- Creator
- Davies-Coleman, Michael T
- Creator
- Hlengwa, Amanda I
- Date Issued
- 2013
- Date
- 2013
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70699
- Identifier
- vital:29690
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ed2008153
- Description
- Education institutions globally are increasingly expected to explore avenues for the implementation of service-learning into their curricula. A second-year undergraduate organic chemistry laboratory experiment, in which the undergraduate students make azo dyes, can provide a vehicle for a service-learning module in which university undergraduate students then teach students from resource-limited secondary schools how to make azo dyes. Evidence is provided to show how the theory is reinforced for both sets of students through a shared practical experience. The practical application of chemistry is conveyed through the use of the synthetic azo dyes to dye tshirts. The results of this study show that the service-learning experience clearly assists undergraduate students to appreciate the role of chemists in the broader society while at the same time increasing awareness of the inequalities in school education systems.
- Format
- 6 pages
- Format
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Journal of Chemical Education
- Relation
- Glover, S.R., Sewry, J.D., Bromley, C.L., Davies-Coleman, M.T. and Hlengwa, A., 2013. The implementation of a service-learning component in an organic chemistry laboratory course. Journal of Chemical Education, 90(5), pp.578-583.
- Relation
- Journal of Chemical Education volume 90 number 5 578 583 April 2013 0021-9584
- Rights
- The American Chemical Society and Division of Chemical Education, Inc.
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Journal of Chemical Education openURL statement
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