chemistry + education = chemical eduation?

Another option for getting out of the lab is to start researching it!

Chemical education is a growing field and this month C&EN wrote two articles on it.
What it is:

C&EN
March 31, 2008
Volume 86, Number 13
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Professional Tools
Resources For Chemical Educators
Doctoral programs, networking organizations, and a variety of publications cater to the field
Sophie L. Rovner

The field of chemical education research has changed tremendously in the past two decades. Even though challenges still exist for practitioners, more resources are available now than in years past.

For example, many professors currently conducting chem ed research came into the field after completing degrees in other subdisciplines. That’s partially because formal training in the subject was rare until a dozen or so years ago. But it’s now becoming more common for graduate students to take degrees in chemical education and for postdocs to obtain fellowships, according to Renée S. Cole, an associate professor of chemistry at the University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg.

and who it is:

C&EN
March 31, 2008
Volume 86, Number 13
pp. 37-41

Chemical Educators Overcome Obstacles
Professors who research chemical education surmount early skepticism to pursue a career they love
Sophie L. Rovner

It’s not easy being a professor of chemical education. Colleagues in traditional chemistry disciplines sometimes discount the value of research about teaching and learning chemistry. Chem ed professors can feel isolated because they’re often the sole representatives of the field in their departments. Furthermore, grants can be hard to come by, and experiments can take months, if not years.