Abstract The “Chemistry and Occupations” columns of the compulsory part of senior high school chemistry textbooks published by People’s Education Press in 2019 are career education columns of the first appearance in senior high school chemistry textbooks in China. The United States, where career education is relatively mature, its high school mainstream textbook Chemistry: Concepts and Applications also has such columns. This article compared “In this Field” columns in the American textbook with “Chemistry and Occupations” columns in the Chinese textbooks in terms of the choice and description of occupations and columns characteristics to summarize some enlightenments.
JIANG Jia-Fa, YANG Mei-Hua. Comparison and Enlightenments of Career Education Columns in Chinese and American High School Chemistry Textbooks[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Education, 2021, 42(21): 22-27.
