TY - JOUR
T1 - The End of Simple Problems
T2 - Repositioning Chemistry in Higher Education and Society Using a Systems Thinking Approach and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals as a Framework
AU - Michalopoulou, Eleni
AU - Shallcross, Dudley E
AU - Atkins, Ed
AU - Tierney, Aisling
AU - Norman, Nick C
AU - Preist, Chris
AU - O'Doherty, Simon
AU - Willmore, Chris J
PY - 2019/12/10
Y1 - 2019/12/10
N2 - The purpose of this paper is to discuss ways that a chemistry course could reposition itself by adopting interdisciplinary approaches based on systems thinking and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as overarching frameworks, to give an overview of several challenges that chemistry in higher education is facing, and to discuss how those can be addressed as a result of this repositioning. We will be discussing the need for a new type of scientist, one who has a deep understanding of their own discipline but also an overview of the links with other disciplines and is equipped with skills that will help them contribute to the solutions of a very complex system: the human–environment interaction system. Chemists should be part of wh
AB - The purpose of this paper is to discuss ways that a chemistry course could reposition itself by adopting interdisciplinary approaches based on systems thinking and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as overarching frameworks, to give an overview of several challenges that chemistry in higher education is facing, and to discuss how those can be addressed as a result of this repositioning. We will be discussing the need for a new type of scientist, one who has a deep understanding of their own discipline but also an overview of the links with other disciplines and is equipped with skills that will help them contribute to the solutions of a very complex system: the human–environment interaction system. Chemists should be part of wh
KW - Collaborative/Cooperative Learning
KW - Computer-Based Learning
KW - Distance Learning/Self Instruction
KW - First-Year Undergraduate/General
KW - Interdisciplinary/Multidisciplinary
KW - Internet/Web-Based Learning
KW - Second-Year Undergraduate
KW - Student-Centered Learning
KW - Sustainability
KW - Systems Thinking
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85077114389&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00270
DO - 10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00270
M3 - Article (Academic Journal)
VL - 96
SP - 2825
EP - 2835
JO - Journal of Chemical Education
JF - Journal of Chemical Education
SN - 0021-9584
IS - 12
ER -