Overview
- Delivers an up-to-date review of nanotechnology education with a global perspective
- Presents curricula and results of education research from around the world
- Covers postsecondary and informal education in nanoscience
Part of the book series: Science Policy Reports (SCIPOLICY)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Interdisciplinary Nature of NSE Education
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Curriculum Resources and Cutting-Edge Ideas for NSE Education
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Informal, College and Graduate School NSE Curricula
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About this book
This book presents the perspectives of nanotechnology educators from around the world. Experts present the pressing challenges of teaching nanoscience and engineering to students in all levels of education, postsecondary and informal environments. The book was inspired by the 2014 NSF workshop for Nanoscience and Engineering Education. Since nanotechnology is a relatively new field, authors present recommendations for designing nanotechnology education programs. The chapters describe methods to teach specific topics, such as probe microscopy, size and scale, and nanomaterial safety, in classrooms around the world. Other chapters describe the ways that organizations like NNIN and the NISE Network have influenced informal nanotechnology education. Information technology plays a growing role in all types of education and several chapters are devoted to describing ways how educators can use online curricula for teaching nanotechnology to students from preschool to graduate school.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Global Perspectives of Nanoscience and Engineering Education
Editors: Kurt Winkelmann, Bharat Bhushan
Series Title: Science Policy Reports
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31833-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-31832-5Published: 05 July 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81131-4Published: 31 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-31833-2Published: 28 June 2016
Series ISSN: 2213-1965
Series E-ISSN: 2213-1973
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 400
Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations, 72 illustrations in colour
Topics: Nanotechnology, Science Education, Nanotechnology and Microengineering, Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education, Nanochemistry