CHEMISTRY EDUCATION: RESEARCH AND PRACTICE 2003, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 83-96 SPECIAL SECTION: 6th ECRICE / 2nd ECCE	THE PRACTICE OF CHEMISTRY EDUCATION (REPORT / POSITION PAPER) Chemical education in Europe: Curricula and policies

Raymond G. WALLACE
The Nottingham Trent University, Department of Chemistry & Physics

RETHINKING THE EDUCATION OF CHEMISTS - THE ODYSSEY IS OVER, TIME FOR ACTION!

ABSTRACT: Chemistry is a mature discipline with a distinguished pedigree and a long tradition, but times are changing and student numbers in chemistry are declining. The need for a reappraisal of what constitutes chemistry and a chemistry education at the beginning of the new millennium, is apparent. The paper examines some of the current issues surrounding chemistry and chemistry teaching and suggests ways in which we might go forward. A message of vision and imagination, applying a little of the ideals of Zarathustra in the setting of, '2001, A Chemistry Odyssey', is promulgated. [Chem. Educ. Res. Pract.: 2003, 4, 83-96]

KEY WORDS: chemistry courses; industry; sandwich education; image; popularity; declining numbers; degree; chemistry teachers; universities

CORRESPONDENCE: Raymond G. WALLACE, Department of Chemistry & Physics, The Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Lane, Nottingham NG11 8NS, UK; fax: +44 115 848 6636; e-mail: ray.wallace@ntu.ac.uk

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