Concrete chemistry – forum for teaching and didactics
is published eight times a year by Wiley-VCH. As part of their membership fee, members of the Division receive the printed version of CHEMKON (four issues) and have over
MyGDCh free access to the digital version of CHEMKON (eight issues).
Instructions for accessing the digital editions via MyGDCh can be found here
CHEMKON has its origins in the communications of the Division for chemical education. The magazine offers interesting essays from the areas of didactics, teaching and school experiments. In the regular sections, CHEMKON reports on the latest from the Division and provides information about schools, curricula and lessons.
You can read CHEMKON issue 1/2023 for free here
You can find information about studying chemistry here:
bylaws of the chemical education Division
The bylaws of the chemical education Division were amended by resolution of the General Assembly of the Division on 13 September 2008 and became valid after approval by the GDCh Board at its meeting on 5 December 2008.
Rules of Procedure (pdf file, 43 KB)
Recruit members for the chemical education Division
The Division has published a flyer for member recruitment, outlining its offerings, activities, and initiatives. The flyer is available for download or can be requested as a printed version from the GDCh Office .
FGCU flyer (pdf file, 3.3 MB)
Diagnosing and supporting in chemical education
The brochure was prepared by the working group on educational standards, curricula and teaching research of the Division .
Diagnosing and Promoting (pdf file, 350 KB)
The Bachelor’s/Master’s degree program for teaching chemistry – proposals for restructuring and curricular development
The chemical education Division , together with a commission made up of academics, subject didacticians and school practitioners from across Germany, has developed detailed proposals on how teacher training for chemistry at universities should be structured in the future.
BA/MA program for teaching chemistry (pdf file, 76 KB)
Strengthening education in chemistry – GDCh Tutzing offensive for grades 5 & 6
Discussion results and recommendations from the retreat “Strengthening Chemistry Teaching in Grades 5 and 6” (June 2017)
Strengthening Chemistry Education (pdf file, 851 KB)
Recommendations of the GDCh Study Commission for Bachelor's Degree Programs in Chemistry at Universities (August 2021)
GDCh Study Commission (pdf file, 725 KB)
Checklist of the GDCh Division chemical education Group for the planning of specialist rooms for experimental teaching in schools
This checklist is intended as an aid for planning specialist rooms in chemical education in order to ensure safety as well as functionality and accessibility. It was created by the FGCU Experimental Teaching Working Group.
Checklist for specialist rooms (pdf.file, 170 KB)
Teacher training: being able to experiment
The article by the FGCU Experimental Teaching working group was published in Nachrichten aus der Chemie in February 2023.
Being able to experiment (pdf-file, 275 KB)
Chemical equilibrium - recommendations for consistent conceptual development and symbolism
The article by the FGCU working group Terminology and Symbolism in chemical education was published in CHEMKON 02-2020.
The chemical equilibrium (pdf-file, 715 KB)
White paper on the situation of chemical experimental teaching in German schools
published by the GDCh and the Conference of Chemistry Departments (KFC), February 2024
White paper experimental teaching (pdf.file, 757 KB)
Joint position paper of the mathematical and scientific societies on the further education and vocational training of teachers
published by DVGeo, DMV, DPG, GDCh and VBIO, March 2022
Further education and vocational training for teachers is not a leisure activity! (pdf.file, 220 KB)
Statement on structural requirements for experimental teaching in schools (2018)
Structural requirements (pdf.file, 223 KB)
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