Chemistry for the Informed Citizen

化学(12)。这种合作通过促进对科学本质和科学探究的理解，提高了非理科专业本科生的科学素养。这是通过在不同的学术环境和不同的学生群体中创建、测试和实施以探究为基础的课程--《知情者化学》(CIC)来实现的。该课程针对关于科学知识和探究性质的常见误解，并以阅读和反思提示补充学生的经验，以帮助他们将关于科学本质的想法与构建他们的化学概念知识的过程联系起来。该项目还包括实施CIC课程的教职员工和教学助理的专业发展计划，以及教育研究和评估部分。该项目由一个由科学家和科学教育专家组成的跨学科团队在一所四年制大学和两所社区学院进行。该项目的更广泛影响是提高各行各业学生的科学素养，包括未来的小学教师，他们将为培养学生的科学素养做好更好的准备。这些学生还代表了年龄、收入水平和种族的广泛差异。

Chemistry (12). This collaboration is increasing the scientific literacy of undergraduate non-science majors by fostering an understanding of the nature of science and scientific inquiry. This is being accomplished by creating, testing, and implementing an inquiry-based curriculum, Chemistry for the Informed Citizen (CIC), in diverse academic settings and with diverse student populations. The curriculum is targeting common misunderstandings about the nature of scientific knowledge and inquiry as well as supplementing students' experiences with readings and reflection prompts to help them connect ideas about the nature of science with the process undertaken to construct their knowledge of chemistry concepts. The project also includes a professional development plan for faculty and Teaching Assistants implementing the CIC curriculum as well as an educational research and evaluation component. The project is being carried out by an interdisciplinary team of scientists and science education experts at a four-year university and two community colleges. The broader impact of this project is an increased scientific literacy for students in a wide range of careers, including future elementary teachers who will be better prepared to foster scientific literacy in their students. These students also represent a broad diversity of age, income level and ethnicity.