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Nuffield Chemistry: Chemistry - Introduction and Guide

One of the first books to be produced by the Nuffield Science Teaching Project in the 1960s, this introduction outlines the Nuffield Chemistry scheme and how its new approach to teaching and assessment aimed to modernise the teaching of the subject for students aged 11-16.

The chapters are:
1. Introduction
2. A modern approach to chemistry
3. Publications and teaching aids
4. The form and content of the syllabus
5. A Sample Scheme to illustrate the syllabus
6. Pupils' laboratory records
7. School and classroom organization
8. School and public examinations
9. A brief history of the chemistry project

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