CHEMISTRY EDUCATION: RESEARCH AND PRACTICE 2003, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 219-225	Theme Issue: Teaching Chemistry and Physics THE PRACTICE OF CHEMISTRY EDUCATION (REPORT) Curricula and policies

Martin J. PITT
University of Sheffield, Chemical and Process Engineering

WHAT PHYSICS TEACHES, APART FROM PHYSICS, THAT IS VALUABLE IN CHEMISTRY OR RELATED DEGREES AT UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL

ABSTRACT: Physics education appears to provide experience leading to the development of certain concepts, disciplines and skills which are not physics as such. Certain of these are essential to degree level study of chemistry and chemical related degrees, but tend to be assumed rather than taught by the academic staff. Recognizing such apparently trivial matters as the correct use of units or concepts such as density as a blockage to higher level may assist both students and teachers. [Chem. Educ. Res. Pract.: 2003, 4, 219-225]

KEY WORDS: chemistry & physics; chemical engineering & physics; supplementary physics course

CORRESPONDENCE: Martin J. PITT, Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, U.K.; fax: 0114 222 7501; e-mail: M.J.Pitt@sheffield.ac.uk

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