Scerri, Eric (2021) Integrating the History and Philosophy of Science and restoring the centrality of the Periodic Table into a college general chemistry course. Chimica Nella Scuola, 4, 16-23, 2021., 4. pp. 16-23.
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Abstract
The article proposes the enhancement of college level general chemistry courses by integrating various historical and philosophical aspects of chemistry. This goal is explained in some detail in the case of selected main topics in a typical general chemistry curriculum. A second goal of the article is to restore the centrality of the periodic table (PT) into teaching general chemistry. This includes a brief account of how the PT developed without initially mentioning atomic structure and atomic orbitals. After these latter topics are introduced one can return to the PT in order to show the extent to which quantum mechanics explains this central motif of the field of chemistry. Chemical bonding is likewise introduced in a classical fashion according to Lewis structures and VSEPR model followed by the more comprehensive explanations provided by quantum theories of bonding.
As in the case of the periodic table the aim is to show students the limitations of the classical approaches and the motivation for and advantages of adopting a quantum description.
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| Keywords: | philosophy of science, chemical education, atomic structure, quantum mechanics, chemical bonding. | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Chemistry General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science General Issues > Reductionism/Holism General Issues > Science Education |
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| Depositing User: | Eric Scerri | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 06 May 2022 15:59 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 17 Oct 2022 13:43 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 20556 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Chimica Nella Scuola, 4, 16-23, 2021. | ||||||
| Publisher: | Italian Chemical Society | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Chemistry General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science General Issues > Reductionism/Holism General Issues > Science Education |
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| Date: | 2021 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 16-23 | ||||||
| Volume: | 4 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/20556 |
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