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Committee on Chemistry Education (CCE)

This Committee attempts to coordinate the educational interests of IUPAC bodies with activities throughout the world.

20th ICCE
Chemistry in the Information & Communications Technologies Age,
Mauritius 3-8 Aug '08 <www.uom.ac.mu/20icce.htm>

Read about
> Young Ambassadors for Chemistry in Grahamstown, South Africa, by Lida Schoen (Chem. Int. 2007, July-Aug, p. 21)
> Chemistry According to Kids - 2006 poster competition, by Lida Schoen (Chem. Int. 2007, Jan-Feb, p. 4)
> Chemistry Education for Humanity - report from ICCE2006, by Morton Z. Hoffman (Chem. Int. 2007, Jan-Feb, p. 32)
> YACs meet in Korea, by Lida Schoen (Chem. Int. 2006, Sep-Oct, p. 25)
> Science Across the World, by Marianne Cutler (Chem. Int. 2006, July-Aug, p. 8)
> Chemists' Understanding of the Public, by Peter Mahaffy (Chem. Int. 2006, July-Aug, p.14) > access project and full draft report
> Chem Ed: Resposible Stewardship, by Natalia Tarasova (Chem. Int. 2006, Mar-Apr, p. 23)
> YACs meet in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, by Lida Schoen (Chem. Int. 2006, Mar-Apr, p. 25)
> Echoes from Beijing - CCE Roundups, by Morton Hooffman
(Chem. Int. 2006, Jan-Feb , p. 16)
> Annoucement for the 19th ICCE - Chemistry and Chemical Education for Humanity, Seoul, Korea, 12-17 Aug '06 <www.19ICCE.org>; print&post 1-page - pdf 126kb

> Chemical Education International
Current issue: Vol. 7; Editor-in-Chief: Masato M. Ito

> World-wide Chemical Education Network
Compiled and managed by Prof. Y. Takeuchi and Dr. M. Ito

Subcommittees and Commissions
Projects
Reports of Activities
- CCE report to the Council 2006-2007 (pdf file - 46KB)
- CCE report to the Bureau 2006 (pdf file - 151KB)
- CCE report to the Council 2004-2005 (pdf file - 44KB)
- CCE report to the Bureau 2004 (pdf file - 21KB)
- CCE minutes, Ottawa, Canada, 11-12 Aug 2003 (pdf file - 42KB); including Subcommittees reports
- CCE report to the Council 2002-2003 (pdf file - 27KB)
- CTC, 1999-2001 (pdf file - 15KB)
- CTC, 1997-1999 (pdf file - 8KB)
Terms of Reference
(i) To advise the President and the Executive Committee on matters relating to chemistry education, including the public appreciation of chemistry.

(ii) To maintain a portfolio of educational projects and to coordinate the educational activities of IUPAC.

(iii) To monitor chemistry education activities throughout the world and to disseminate information relating to chemical education, including the public appreciation of chemistry.

(iv) To develop liaisons with international organizations such as UNESCO, national and regional chemical societies, chemical education committees, and organizations concerned with the public appreciation of science.
Composition and Terms of Office
(i) There shall be a standing Committee on Chemistry Education (CCE), composed of a Chairman, a Secretary, six other Titular Members, and an Associate Member from each of the Divisions. Each Adhering Organization not represented among the Titular and Associate Members may nominate a National Representative to the CCE.

(ii) The President, in consultation with the Executive Committee, shall appoint the Officers and Titular Members. The CCE may propose names of persons suitably qualified for appointment.

(iii) The Associate Members shall be nominated by the relevant Division President from the Titular Members of the Division Committee, and be appointed by the President of the Union, in consultation with the Executive Committee.

(iv) The period of service of Titular Members shall be four years, renewable for a further term of four years. The period of service of Associate Members shall be two years, renewable to a total period of eight years. The period of service of National Representatives shall be two years, subject to renomination and reappointment to a maximum period of service of twelve years.

(v) The sum of the years of service as a Titular member and as the Chairman or the Secretary shall not exceed ten years.