TY - CHAP

T1 - Sustainability and Green Chemistry Education

T2 - Innovative and Contextualized Experiences from the Undergraduate Chemistry Courses at the Federal University of Saõ Carlos, Brazil

AU - Zuin, Vânia Gomes

AU - Gomes, Caroindes Julia Correâ

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2020 American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.

PY - 2020

Y1 - 2020

N2 - Since 2000, new conceptual, procedural and attitudinal contents on sustainability and green chemistry for the undergraduate chemistry courses at the Federal University of Saõ Carlos (UFSCar), Saõ Paulo state, Brazil, have been designed and applied. All teaching modules are based on investigative and problem-based case studies, emphasizing socio-scientific Brazilian issues that can be extrapolated abroad (e.g., sustainable agriculture, biorefineries, green formulations, bio-rational control of plagues and metrics). The modules encompass lectures, seminars, laboratory work and projects, integrating green chemistry and socio-environmental technologies in Brazil. Bringing together academic, industrial, governmental and social dimensions-considering agro-resilience, adding value to by-(co)-products over some supply chains-the teaching experiences have been contributing to develop a new understanding of the role of chemistry in the context of the bioeconomy at and beyond universities. Moreover, the socio-construction of knowledge is radically committed to critical thinking and actions towards socio-eco-justice and sustainability. This work presents an alternative green experiment to the synthesis of methyl salicylate by esterification with microwave irradiation for a 1styear undergraduate course in chemistry at UFSCar based on critical theory referential. The pedagogical module started with an introductory lecture on an alternative repellent to Boophilus microplus larvae, a Brazilian socio-scientific problem. In addition, the practice was reviewed using a holistic metric known as green star (GS), which allows a quick assessment of the greenness of a chemical reaction or process based on the 12 principles of green chemistry.

AB - Since 2000, new conceptual, procedural and attitudinal contents on sustainability and green chemistry for the undergraduate chemistry courses at the Federal University of Saõ Carlos (UFSCar), Saõ Paulo state, Brazil, have been designed and applied. All teaching modules are based on investigative and problem-based case studies, emphasizing socio-scientific Brazilian issues that can be extrapolated abroad (e.g., sustainable agriculture, biorefineries, green formulations, bio-rational control of plagues and metrics). The modules encompass lectures, seminars, laboratory work and projects, integrating green chemistry and socio-environmental technologies in Brazil. Bringing together academic, industrial, governmental and social dimensions-considering agro-resilience, adding value to by-(co)-products over some supply chains-the teaching experiences have been contributing to develop a new understanding of the role of chemistry in the context of the bioeconomy at and beyond universities. Moreover, the socio-construction of knowledge is radically committed to critical thinking and actions towards socio-eco-justice and sustainability. This work presents an alternative green experiment to the synthesis of methyl salicylate by esterification with microwave irradiation for a 1styear undergraduate course in chemistry at UFSCar based on critical theory referential. The pedagogical module started with an introductory lecture on an alternative repellent to Boophilus microplus larvae, a Brazilian socio-scientific problem. In addition, the practice was reviewed using a holistic metric known as green star (GS), which allows a quick assessment of the greenness of a chemical reaction or process based on the 12 principles of green chemistry.

KW - Chemistry

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UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/3619cde4-1142-3af4-892c-f39941e4def7/

U2 - 10.1021/bk-2020-1344.ch008

DO - 10.1021/bk-2020-1344.ch008

M3 - Chapter

AN - SCOPUS:85095703646

SN - 9780841237551

T3 - ACS Symposium Series

SP - 97

EP - 110

BT - Chemistry education for a sustainable society

A2 - Obare, Sherine O.

A2 - Middlecamp, Catherine H.

A2 - Peterman, Keith E.

PB - American Chemical Society

ER -