During the last three decades, chemical education in Slovenia has developed
mainly in two chemistry education research groups, one located at
the University of Ljubljana and the other at the University of Maribor.
The present study aims to identify research papers in the field of chemical
education published between 1991 and 2019 through a database survey.
From a total of 273 identified research papers in the field of chemical
education, an analysis of the papers published in respected international
and Slovenian journals and monographs revealed four main research
fields: (1) Submicrorepresentations, Models and Animations, (2) Chemistry
Teacher Education, (3) Experimental Work, and (4) Conceptions
of Basic Chemical Concepts. For further analysis, only papers published
in English in respected peer-reviewed international journals were used
(N = 41). Based on citations in Web of Science or Scopus, it seems that
papers published in the first field have the greatest impact on the international
research community. Some research monographs published in
Slovenian aim specifically at contributing to bridging the gap between
chemical education research and classroom practice, but further actions
are necessary to achieve this goal in the future.
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