Publications from researchers in the Elements of Sustainable Chemistry (ESC) research hub can be found below. Where possible, links or copies of seminar material are provided.
Research articles
- Schultz, M. and Delaney, S. (2022). Development, Use, And Evaluation of Chemistry Outreach Activities Related to the Periodic Table and Sustainability, Journal of Chemical Education, vol. 99, no. 12, pp. 3921-3929, doi: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c01035
- Schultz, M., Chan, D., Eaton, A. C., Ferguson, J. P., Houghton, R., Ramdzan, A., Taylor, O., Vu, H. H. and Delaney, S. (2022) Using Systems Maps to Visualize Chemistry Processes: Practitioner and Student Insights, Education Sciences, vol. 12, no. 9, pp. 596, doi: 10.3390/educsci12090596
- Delaney, S., Fehervari, A., Moon, V. and Schultz M. (2022) Building More Sustainably with Concrete: A Guided Inquiry Investigation, Journal of Chemical Education, vol. 99, no. 12, pp. 4169-4174, doi: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00344
- Delaney, S. and Schultz, M. (2022). Honouring the Ethos of Co-design Methodology in Contemporary Socio-scientific Teaching Research. Chapter in Methodological Approaches to STEM Education Research (pages 149-172).
- Delaney, S. and Schultz, M. (2021). Investigating sustainable chemistry – a control-of-variable guided inquiry practical activity making sustainable concrete, Lab-Talk. vol. 65, no. 4.
- Schultz, M., Lai, J., Ferguson, J.F. and Delaney, S. (2021). Topics Amenable to a Systems Thinking Approach: Secondary and Tertiary Perspectives, Journal of Chemical Education, vol. 98, no. 10, pp. 3100-3109, doi: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00203
- Delaney, S., Ferguson, J.F. and Schultz, M. (2021). Exploring opportunities to incorporate systems thinking into secondary and tertiary chemistry education through practitioner perspectives, International Journal of Science Education, pp. 1-22, doi: 10.1080/09500693.2021.1980631
- Delaney, S. and Schultz, M. (2020). Chemistry activities addressing global challenges – hands-on practical activities focussed on sustainability, Lab-Talk, vol. 64, no. 4, pp. 43-49.
- Eaton, A. C., Delaney, S., and Schultz, M. (2019). Situating Sustainable Development within Secondary Chemistry Education via Systems Thinking: A Depth Study Approach. Journal of Chemical Education, vol 96, pp. 2968-2974. doi: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00266
Conference presentations
- Schultz, M., Delaney, S., Ferguson, J. & Lai, J. (2019) Exploring opportunities to integrate Systems Thinking into chemistry education. Paper presented at Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education, The University of Sydney, October 2-4, 2019.
- Delaney, S., Schultz. M. (2019). Situating sustainable chemistry in teaching and learning with systems thinking. Presentation at Periodic Table of Elements – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow teacher conference, School of Chemistry (Kemik-Um), University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, September 20, 2019.
- Delaney, S., Schultz, M., Eaton, A. (2019). Activities to promote sustainability awareness in secondary and tertiary chemistry. Conference presentation at Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) Chemical Education Division Symposium, Canberra Institute of Technology, December 5-6, 2019.
- Delaney, S., Schultz, M., Eaton, A., Ferguson, J., Soo, J., Lai, J. (2019). Situating sustainable chemistry in teaching and learning with systems thinking. Presentation at Contemporary Approaches to Research (CAR) in Mathematics, Science, Health and Environmental Education Symposium, Deakin University, Melbourne, November 7-8, 2019.
Seminars and workshops
- Delaney, S., Schultz, M., Eaton, A. (2019). Situating sustainable chemistry in teaching and learning with systems thinking. Workshop presented at the Chemistry Education Association (CEA) November lectures, University of Melbourne, November 22, 2019. Workshop slides