The Implementation of a Service-Learning Component in an Organic Chemistry Laboratory Course

作者：Glover Sarah R; Sewry Joyce D^*; Bromley Candice L; Davies Coleman Michael T; Hlengwa Amanda

来源：Journal of Chemical Education, 2013, 90(5): 578-583.

DOI：10.1021/ed2008153

• High School/Introductory Chemistry
• Second-Year Undergraduate
• Public Understanding/Outreach
• Laboratory Instruction
• Organic Chemistry
• Collaborative/Cooperative Learning
• Hands-On Learning/Manipulatives
• Dyes/Pigments
• Student-Centered Learning
• Synthesis

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 t-shirts. 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.

• 出版日期2013-5