Logic, History, and the Chemistry Textbook GESN（逻辑、历史和化学教科书GESN）.pdf

Chemical Education Today Report: New England Association of Chemistry Teachers Logic, History, and the Chemistry Textbook I. Does Chemistry Have a Logical Structure? William B. Jensen Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0172 The following is the first of three invited keynote lectures derstanding of chemistry. How you translate that increased given at the 57th annual summer conference of the New En- understanding into specific classroom and textbook activi- gland Association of Chemistry Teachers held in August of 1995 ties for your students will naturally vary from teacher to at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut. The re- teacher, depending on the level of the chemistry course be- maining two lectures will appear in future issues of the Journal. ing taught and on the degree of control that you are given over both the course content and the mode of presentation. Introduction to the Lecture Series The important point, if I correctly understand the purpose of the NEACT lectures, is that whatever increases your own My assignment, if I correctly understand the charge given understanding and enthusiasm for chemistry cannot help but me by the organizers of this conference, is to discuss the rel- impact favorably on your teaching, however indirectly. evance of the history of chemistry to the teaching of chemis- try. Traditionally there have been two approaches to this topic. Does Chemistry Have a Logical Structure? The first, largely championed by chemistry teachers, has