Completing Our Education. Green Chemistry in the Curriculum

A Experimentação na Educação em Química Verde: uma Análise de Propostas Didáticas Desenvolvidas por Licenciandos em Química de uma IES Federal Paulista

“…Uma maneira de incorporar a Química Verde aos processos de formação é incentivar o uso de atividades laboratoriais que permitam aos estudantes refletir acerca do design do experimento -simplicidade, recuperação e reutilização de resíduos, prevenção de acidentes, redução de matéria-prima na fonte -ao mesmo tempo que integrem questões sociocientíficas e possibilitem a formação de professores com uma visão educacional e responsável da Química (Kirchhoff, 2001;Montes et al, 2006;Kitchens et al, 2006;Eilks et al, 2017).…”

Green chemistry teaching in higher education: a review of effective practices

“…The need for these resources is emphasized by comments from graduate students after attending the third annual American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Summer School (GCSS) in Montre´al, Canada. It was noted that ''a common belief among the GCSS participants was that our education would have been significantly enhanced with the incorporation of green chemistry, beginning at the elementary level and continuing throughout graduate course work'' (Kitchens et al, 2006). Other authors have reinforced the requirement of cultural change in chemical education, with statements such as ''academically, a green chemistry culture can be created through higher expectations of sustainability taught via new curricula, and updated textbooks incorporating the 12 principles.…”

Greening the organic chemistry laboratory: a comparison of microwave-assisted and classical nucleophilic aromatic substitution reactions

“…The third annual American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Summer School participants noted that incorporation of a general knowledge of green chemistry should begin at the undergraduate level and continue through graduate course work (4). These curricular developments are greatly facilitated by the fact that contemporary laboratory students have come to expect to be educated in an environmentally sustainable fashion (17). Furthermore, it has been noted that, rather than developing new techniques, achieving greener chemistry in many cases will simply require a redirection of current techniques (18).…”