Inquiry through Industrial Chemistry in Compulsory Secondary Education for the Achievement of the Development of the 21st Century Skills

• Published in: Education sciences Vol. 11; no. 9; pp. 475 - 491
• Main Authors: Diez-Ojeda, María, Queiruga-Dios, Miguel Ángel, Velasco-Pérez, Noelia, López-Iñesta, Emilia, Vázquez-Dorrío, José Benito
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.09.2021
• Subjects: 20th century; 21st century; 21st Century Skills; Academic Achievement; Active Learning; Chemistry; Classrooms; Comparative Analysis; Compulsory Education; Core curriculum; Education; Educational technology; Foreign Countries; IBL; industrial chemistry; Inquiry; Knowledge; Learning; Learning Processes; Science; Secondary education; Secondary School Students; Skill Development; Society; Students; Teaching; Teaching Methods; Netherlands; Spain

At a key moment when education systems are moving towards the development of 21st-century skills at school, we propose to develop them with a series of enquiry activities connected to the real world on the subject of Chemistry in Compulsory Secondary Education. The four selected topics have practica...