Project Details:
Assessment of DIDAC as an aid for the teaching of chemistry around the world
| Project No.: | 022-17-98 |
| Start date: | 1998-01-01 |
| End date: | 2001-12-31 |
| Division: | Committee on Chemistry and Industry |
DIDAC is a series of slides / transparencies and textspromoting/teaching chemistry before choices are made of fields forfurther study. The system was developed in Belgium in co-operationwith Agfa-Gevaert who providedsets to COCI at cost price for international evaluation.
In 1998 a joint project was established with the Committee on Teachingof Chemistry and in 1999 COCI sponsored distribution of the system byits Members in many parts of the world in order to ascertain its internationalrelevance. Positive feedback led this autumn '99 to the involvementof UNESCO and, since this is essentially a teaching project, the assignmentof future "responsibility " within IUPAC to the CTC.
In January 2000, Agfa-Gevaert set up the DIDAC website at ; later reset as <www.iupac.org/didac>.This site presents the contents, educational value and topics of each5 volumes readily available.
> Read more about DIDAC - 'DIDACticTools for teaching Chemistry', Chem. Int. 22(4), 103-105 (2000)
Translations have been made into French, Arabic, Korean, Russian, etc.,and over 30 developing countries are now involved including China. UNESCOnow predicts eventual use in more than 80 countries. A continuation of this project include the production of a CD-Rom and worlwide distribution.
> See Project 2001-045-1-050- DIDAC worldwide