Advancing chemistry by enhancing learning in the laboratory (ACELL): A model for providing professional and personal development and facilitating improved student laboratory learning outcomes

the advancing chemistry by enhancing learning in the laboratory (ACELL) project aims to improve the quality of learning in undergraduate laboratories through two interlocking mechanisms. The first is to build a database of experiments that are both chemically and educationally sound by testingt the...

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Main Authors: Buntine, Mark, Read, J., Barrie, S., Bucat, R., Crisp, G., George, A., Jamie, I., Kable, S.
Format: Journal Article
Published: The Royal Society of Chemistry, University of Ioannina 2007
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20656
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author Buntine, Mark
Read, J.
Barrie, S.
Bucat, R.
Crisp, G.
George, A.
Jamie, I.
Kable, S.
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Kable, S.
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description the advancing chemistry by enhancing learning in the laboratory (ACELL) project aims to improve the quality of learning in undergraduate laboratories through two interlocking mechanisms. The first is to build a database of experiments that are both chemically and educationally sound by testingt them in a third-party laboratory, usually through an ACELL workshop involving both academic staff and students, to ensure that they work. The second mechanism provides personal and professional development for staff and students through a workshop process, and reinforced through on-going engagement with the ACELL community via the project website and experiment assessment and evaluation. The ACELL workshops include discussion of educational issues, both in abstract (through discussing laboratory learning in general) and concrete (through debriefing of each experiment tested) terms. This paper discusses the design of the ACELL project, and illustrates some of the successes of the staff and student personal and professional development aims.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-206562018-12-14T00:56:18Z Advancing chemistry by enhancing learning in the laboratory (ACELL): A model for providing professional and personal development and facilitating improved student laboratory learning outcomes Buntine, Mark Read, J. Barrie, S. Bucat, R. Crisp, G. George, A. Jamie, I. Kable, S. hands-on learning ACELL Workshops professional development student-centres learning undergraduate chemistry laboratories ACELL project personal development the advancing chemistry by enhancing learning in the laboratory (ACELL) project aims to improve the quality of learning in undergraduate laboratories through two interlocking mechanisms. The first is to build a database of experiments that are both chemically and educationally sound by testingt them in a third-party laboratory, usually through an ACELL workshop involving both academic staff and students, to ensure that they work. The second mechanism provides personal and professional development for staff and students through a workshop process, and reinforced through on-going engagement with the ACELL community via the project website and experiment assessment and evaluation. The ACELL workshops include discussion of educational issues, both in abstract (through discussing laboratory learning in general) and concrete (through debriefing of each experiment tested) terms. This paper discusses the design of the ACELL project, and illustrates some of the successes of the staff and student personal and professional development aims. 2007 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20656 10.1039/B6RP90033J The Royal Society of Chemistry, University of Ioannina restricted
spellingShingle hands-on learning
ACELL Workshops
professional development
student-centres learning
undergraduate chemistry laboratories
ACELL project
personal development
Buntine, Mark
Read, J.
Barrie, S.
Bucat, R.
Crisp, G.
George, A.
Jamie, I.
Kable, S.
Advancing chemistry by enhancing learning in the laboratory (ACELL): A model for providing professional and personal development and facilitating improved student laboratory learning outcomes
title Advancing chemistry by enhancing learning in the laboratory (ACELL): A model for providing professional and personal development and facilitating improved student laboratory learning outcomes
title_full Advancing chemistry by enhancing learning in the laboratory (ACELL): A model for providing professional and personal development and facilitating improved student laboratory learning outcomes
title_fullStr Advancing chemistry by enhancing learning in the laboratory (ACELL): A model for providing professional and personal development and facilitating improved student laboratory learning outcomes
title_full_unstemmed Advancing chemistry by enhancing learning in the laboratory (ACELL): A model for providing professional and personal development and facilitating improved student laboratory learning outcomes
title_short Advancing chemistry by enhancing learning in the laboratory (ACELL): A model for providing professional and personal development and facilitating improved student laboratory learning outcomes
title_sort advancing chemistry by enhancing learning in the laboratory (acell): a model for providing professional and personal development and facilitating improved student laboratory learning outcomes
topic hands-on learning
ACELL Workshops
professional development
student-centres learning
undergraduate chemistry laboratories
ACELL project
personal development
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20656