An international team of experts in chemical education from developed and developing regions will discuss critical topics including chemistry teaching and the environment, development of new curricula in the context of real-world problems, the effect of educational standards on the mobility of chemists and the international labor force, government and other support for chemistry education, programs for students of varying backgrounds, and the influence on chemistry education of the World Wide Web. The symposium panel will present the latest developments from South America, Japan, Europe, Africa and the United States. It is part of the Anaheim national meeting of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society.
What: A symposium entitled "Undergraduate Chemistry Education: A Global Perspective"
When: Monday, March 22, 1999 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Where: American Chemical Society 217th National Meeting WestCoast Hotel, Anaheim
An international team of experts in chemical education from developed and developing regions will discuss critical topics including chemistry teaching and the environment, development of new curricula in the context of real-world problems, the effect of educational standards on the mobility of chemists and the international labor force, government and other support for chemistry education, programs for students of varying backgrounds, and the influence on chemistry education of the World Wide Web.
Speakers: Angelica Stacy, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley
Patrick Moyna, Ph.D., Research Professor, Instituto de Biotecnologia, Universidade de Caxias do Sul, RS, Brasil
Isamu Kinoshita, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Molecular Materials Science, Osaka-City University, Japan
Shem Wandiga, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Nairobi, and Kenya National Academy of Sciences
Anthony Ashmore, CChem (Chartered Chemist), Fellow Royal Society of Chemistry. Registrar, Royal Society of Chemistry, London, England
Note to reporters: To attend the symposium or to arrange an interview, please call the American Chemical Society press office at 202-872-6042 before March 18 or in Anaheim at 714-740-4562, March 18-25.
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