Keith S. Taber is Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge, UK. He taught chemistry in secondary schools and further education before joining the Faculty of Education at Cambridge. He has undertaken research into chemistry learning and has written widely about chemistry education. He is a recipient of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Education Award.

• 1. Introduction – the rationale for reading about ‘chemical knowledge for teaching’ 2. The nature of chemistry as a science 3. Reflecting the nature of chemistry in teaching 4. The chemistry triplet 5. The submicroscopic realm 6. Concepts in chemistry 7. The most fundamental chemical concept: substance 8. Pure substances: elements and compounds 9. The periodic table 10. Energy in chemistry and chemical bonding 11. Energy and chemical change 12. Contextualising and integrating chemical knowledge

Keith S. Taber is Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge, UK. He taught chemistry in secondary schools and further education before joining the Faculty of Education at Cambridge. He has undertaken research into chemistry learning and has written widely about chemistry education. He is a recipient of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Education Award.

• 1. Introduction – the rationale for reading about ‘chemical knowledge for teaching’ 2. The nature of chemistry as a science 3. Reflecting the nature of chemistry in teaching 4. The chemistry triplet 5. The submicroscopic realm 6. Concepts in chemistry 7. The most fundamental chemical concept: substance 8. Pure substances: elements and compounds 9. The periodic table 10. Energy in chemistry and chemical bonding 11. Energy and chemical change 12. Contextualising and integrating chemical knowledge

Keith S. Taber is Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge, UK. He taught chemistry in secondary schools and further education before joining the Faculty of Education at Cambridge. He has undertaken research into chemistry learning and has written widely about chemistry education. He is a recipient of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Education Award.

• 1. Introduction – the rationale for reading about ‘chemical knowledge for teaching’ 2. The nature of chemistry as a science 3. Reflecting the nature of chemistry in teaching 4. The chemistry triplet 5. The submicroscopic realm 6. Concepts in chemistry 7. The most fundamental chemical concept: substance 8. Pure substances: elements and compounds 9. The periodic table 10. Energy in chemistry and chemical bonding 11. Energy and chemical change 12. Contextualising and integrating chemical knowledge