Georgios Tsaparlis' selective contributions to Greek and international chemistry education

What is it about?

In: C. Cox and W. E. Schatzberg (eds.), International Perspectives on Chemistry Education Research and Practice, Ch. 7, pp. 93-110. The present author started his engagement with the filed of chemistry education research in the late 1970s, and has followed progress in the field ever since. He has greatly been influenced by J. Dudley Herron’s Piagetian views about the learning of chemistry concepts and Alex H. Johnstone’s three-level structure of the chemistry content and his information processing model of learning. In this chapter, the focus is on a number of the author’s studies and on curriculum and educational material, which relate directly to Greek chemistry education, but also have an international dimension and interest. Challenges and achievements, as well as barriers to the development of Greek chemistry education are reported, plus perspectives for international chemistry education. Short reference is also made to the work of other internationally recognized Greek chemistry educators, who have made and still are making substantial contributions to both Greek and international chemistry education.

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