Chemical Education International, Vol. 6, No. 1

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The IUPAC Committee on Chemistry Education assigns the organizer of the International Conference on Chemical Education which is held every two years provides an international forum for the presentation of the latest results and future trends as well as for discussion of the key problems in Chemistry Education. 18th International Conference on Chemical Education on the theme "Chemistry Education For The Modern World" organized by Turkish Chemical Society was held in Istanbul Hilton Hotel, Turkey, 3-8 August 2004. In the line of the theme of the conference, the main objectives of the meeting were to enable the participants; to be aware of both current and future trends in chemistry education, have an opportunity to share, discuss and contribute in producing the scientific knowledge, realize the new strategies which might be used in teaching and learning chemistry, have a knowledge of new research areas both in Chemistry and Chemistry Education and have an opportunity to explore the benefits of the modern technologies used, approaches adopted and decisions made, the results of these on environment and living organisms, their other drawbacks and potential solutions. The conference was sponsored by the following international organizations; IUPAC, UNESCO, OPCW and by the following national organizations; Ministry of National Education, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey. The conference attracted approximately 425 eminent scientists and research scholars (228 International, 197 national) from 60 countries. The Scientific program included 9 plenary lectures, 10 keynote lectures and 180 oral presentations, 145 posters and 10 workshops covering a wide range of chemical education issues. The presentations at parallel scientific sessions covered the following areas; Assessment and Evaluation in Chemistry, Chemistry and Chemistry Curriculum, Chemistry Education for Development, Chemistry Education via Internet, Chemistry and Society, Chemistry Teacher Education, Designing and Evaluating Teaching Strategies, Green Chemistry and Environment-friendly Chemistry Experiments, Micro Scale Chemistry, Modern Technologies used for Chemistry Education, Public Understanding of Chemistry, Teaching and Learning Chemistry in Secondary Schools, Teaching and Learning Chemistry at Tertiary Level, Theoretical and Methodological Basis of Research in Chemistry Education. Additionally, Science Education at Elementary Level and Polymer Education were considered as a sub-sections of the conference.

The conference made it possible for all participants, in particular the young chemists and chemistry teachers who found a world forum to present and discuss their results, meet scientists from other countries, exchange experiences, and socialize with scientists from all fields of chemistry education.
This issue of Chemical Education International contains most of the invited lectures presented at 18th ICCE. On behalf of the Organizing Committee, I would like to thank all participants for their lively contributions to the success of the conference, the sponsors for their financial support and the authors of these invited papers for timely delivery of manuscripts and acceptance of my editorial comments.
We hope 18th ICCE will bring out a great impact on the latest developments in scientific and educational research in chemistry and will produce progress in each. The next conference in this series will be held 12-17 August 2006 in Seoul, Korea, on the theme of "Chemistry and Chemical Education for Humanity" <www.19icce.org>.

Hale Bayram
Secretary General of the Conference