Project Description
Chemistry: Core Concepts, 3rd Edition
Blackman, Southam, Lawrie, Williamson, Thompson
Print & Interactive eText Code: 9781394183869, Interactive eText: 9781394183876
The third edition of Chemistry: Core Concepts has been carefully crafted by leading chemistry educators to support students entering university with little or no prior chemistry knowledge. The material is organised into clear, digestible chapters, making complex topics more accessible and helping students ease into the subject.
Available as a full-colour printed textbook with an interactive eBook code, this resource helps students master key concepts and excel in assessments. Lecturers benefit from a comprehensive and easy-to-use teaching and learning package to support their instruction.
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Table of contents
Introduction
1.1 Teaching in the twenty-first century
1.2 Developing your teacher identity
1.3 Pedagogy
1.4 Reflective Practice
1.5 Doing teachers’ work to trouble whiteness
1.6 Datafication and the datafied teacher
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2.1 A critical perspective and transformative teaching
2.2 Social, political, economic and cultural factors shaping education
2.3 Discourses of education
2.4 Pedagogy, curriculum, classroom management and technologies
2.5 Teachers’ work, teachers’ lives, teachers’ identities
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3.1 Domains of learning
3.2 New insights into learning
3.3 Enhancing learning
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4.1 Understanding students
4.2 Motivating students
4.3 Motivation to learn
4.4 Engaging motivation and learning in the twenty-first century
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5.1 Understanding diversity and difference
5.2 Professional knowledge and educational equity
5.3 Teaching all students
5.4 Planning multilevel curriculum and inquiry’
5.5 How equity works in practice
5.6 Understanding the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students
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6.1 Exploring notions of the curriculum
6.2 Curriculum as cultural construction
6.3 Models of curriculum
6.4 The hidden curriculum
6.5 Teachers as curriculum workers
6.6 Curriculum as praxis
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7.1 Introduction
7.2 Curriculum, pedagogy, assessment
7.3 Some guiding principles for planning
7.4 Planning at the microlevel: individual lesson plans
7.5 Planning a unit of work: a sequence of lessons
7.6 Inquiry-based pedagogy
7.7 Planning to differentiate the learning for student diversity
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8.1 Connectedness: knowing yourself
8.2 Pedagogies of practice
8.3 Pedagogy: learning places and spaces
8.4 Collaborative pedagogy: establishing the classroom culture
8.5 Dialogic pedagogy
8.6 Dispositional thinking pedagogy
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9.1 Creating effective classroom learning environments
9.2 A model for organising the learning environment
9.3 Sociocultural principles
9.4 Challenge and engagement
9.5 Tools and issues
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10.1 The role of digital technologies in education
10.2 Assumptions about digital technologies in education
10.3 Digital technologies across the curriculum
10.4 Planning for teaching and learning with digital technologies
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11.1 Establishing an effective learning environment
11.2 Planning for student engagement and management
11.3 Strategies and skills to effectively engage and manage students
11.4 Reflecting on your management
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12.1 Assessment in learning and assessment audiences
12.2 Assessment concepts and terminology
12.3 Assessment design, strategies and techniques
12.4 Assessment feedback
12.5 Monitoring and recordkeeping
12.6 Reporting on student learning
12.7 Assessment and reporting: future challenges and dilemmas
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13.1 Reflecting on reflection: beyond the gaze
13.2 Thinking differently about thinking
13.3 Mobilising reflection
13.4 Autobiographical reflection
13.5 Critically reflective practice
13.6 Technologies of reflection
13.7 Reflexivity and teaching: beyond the self
13.8 Teachers as critically reflective practitioners
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14.1 Tacit knowledge
14.2 A teacher’s practical theory
14.3 Components of a teacher’s practical theory
14.4 Images and metaphors
14.5 Contextual variables
14.6 Novice to expert
14.7 Process of critical reflection
14.8 Investigating your own practical theories
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15.1 The nature of teachers’ work
15.2 Teachers’ thinking about their work
15.3 Professionalism and accreditation
15.4 Ethical frameworks and codes of conduct for teachers
15.5 Teachers and the law
15.6 Professional learning for your career
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16.1 The purposes of schooling
16.2 Equity: a mandate of schooling
16.3 Contemporary teacher practice: realities and constraints
16.4 The broader social change context
16.5 Teachers making a difference
16.6 Supporting equity and justice: a whole school approach
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Authors
Allan Blackman (Auckland University of Technology)
Daniel Southam (Curtin University)
Gwendolyn Lawrie (University of Queensland)
Natalie Williamson (University of Adelaide)
Chris Thompson (Monash University)
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Chemistry: Core Concepts is designed for students with little or no prior chemistry knowledge, offering a foundational introduction to the subject.
This edition introduces key concepts in chemistry, emphasizing their real-world applications and making complex topics accessible to all learners. The text focuses on developing problem-solving and critical thinking skills, guiding students through essential topics such as Indigenous and green chemistry, while highlighting the relevance of chemistry to everyday life.
Locally focused examples from Australia and New Zealand are integrated throughout the text, providing students with a deeper understanding of how chemistry impacts their world. Interactive digital resources, including Lightboard videos, animations, and embedded activities, help bring the material to life, supporting students of all knowledge levels in mastering the subject and applying what they’ve learned to real-world situations.
By blending theory with practical applications, Chemistry: Core Concepts prepares students to confidently engage with chemistry and build the skills needed for success in their studies and beyond.
What’s in Chemistry: Core Concepts, 3rd Edition?
- Designed for Beginners: Specifically written for students with little or no background in chemistry, making complex concepts approachable and easy to understand for newcomers to the subject.
- Structured Learning: Concise chapters break down topics into manageable sections, easing students into the content and helping them build their knowledge step by step.
- Comprehensive Review & Practice Tools: Concept reviews, interactive worked examples, and knowledge check questions help students review, practice, and apply their learning, reinforcing key concepts and ensuring mastery.
- Multi-Format Presentation: Uses models, diagrams, illustrations, and chemical/structural formulae to help students visualise complex processes and concepts, improving comprehension through varied formats.
- Real-World Applications: Explores recent discoveries and topical issues, including green chemistry and advancements in health applications, showing students the relevance of chemistry in everyday life and modern research.
- Step-by-Step Worked Problems: Each chapter includes worked problems with detailed solutions, along with interactive examples in the eText, guiding students through problem-solving strategies and enhancing their critical thinking skills.
- ‘Chemical Connections’ Features: Showcases real-world applications of chemistry, with Australian and New Zealand examples, illustrating career pathways in the field and demonstrating chemistry’s practical impact in the workforce.
- Lightboard Video Tutorials (eText): Features worked problems presented by leading chemistry educators, targeting the most challenging concepts, offering students expert guidance through complex material.
- Interactive Concept Check Questions (eText): Multiple-choice questions at the end of each chapter provide instant feedback for self-assessment, enabling students to gauge their understanding and identify areas for improvement.
- Engaging Interactive Exercises (eText): Interactive tutorial exercises in each chapter allow students to test their understanding with immediate feedback, fostering an active learning experience.
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Interactives and key features
Available as a digital eText or full colour printed textbook with an interactive eText code, this title enables every student to master concepts and succeed in assessment. Lecturers are supported with an extensive, easy-to-use teaching and learning package.
Featured in the eText are videos of worked problems by leading chemistry educators for concepts that students struggle with the most, providing clear explanations and targeted support for challenging material.
Lightboard videos (eText)
Featured in our eText, interactive tutorial exercises in each chapter allow students to assess their skills and understanding of the content, providing immediate feedback to reinforce learning and guide improvement.
Interactivities (eText)
Using models, diagrams and illustrations alongside chemical and structural formulae, to help students visualise complex processes and concepts.
Multi-format presentation
Within the text are extensive concept reviews, interactive worked examples, and knowledge check questions, which allow students to review, practice and apply what they have learned.
Review and practice tools
Each chapter features worked problems with step-by-step solutions, including interactive examples in the eText. By breaking problems into smaller, colour-coded stages, this approach makes the problem-solving process explicit, helping students understand and reflect on how and why they reach a particular answer. This method equips students with a systematic approach to tackling complex problems with confidence.
Worked examples
Our digital eText features end-of-chapter multiple-choice quizzes that provide instant feedback, helping to reinforce understanding and support learning.
Concept check questions
Students can personalise their eText by highlighting and taking notes, as well as other useful features including read aloud.
Personalisation features (eText)
Access options
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Instructor Resource Toolkit
Our Instructor Resource Toolkit is designed to seamlessly integrate the text content into your teaching, saving you time and boosting student engagement. It includes a variety of customisable tools, guides and assessment.*
Pre-made PowerPoint slides save you time in your course set-up, while the ability to customise the content means you can build it to suit your courses learning outcomes.
The Manual offers suggested exemplar answers or guidance from the authors or SME on approaching the “From Theory to Practice” questions, that require personal reflection.
Access to a comprehensive LMS-ready test bank. This collection of customisable exam and quiz questions are designed to assess students’ understanding of key concepts and learning objectives.
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