Commission on Crystallographic Teaching

Chair
Professor Paola Spadon
Department of Chemical Sciences
Padua University
Via Marzolo 1
35131 Padova
Italy
Tel: +39049 8275275
Fax: +39049 8275239
E-mail: paola.spadon@unipd.it
WWW: http://www.chimica.unipd.it/

Newsletters

Latest Teaching Commission Newsletter: No 2. November 2007 with the theme of 'History of the ORTEP of the Year (OOTY) Award' and other articles.

Upcoming Schools

  • Summer Schools on Mathematical Crystallography
    • (Nancy, France, 21 June - 2 July 2010)
    • Topological Crystal Chemistry: Theory and Practice (22 to 25 June)
    • Subgroups of space groups; matrix algebra applied to crystallographic problems (26-27 June).
    • Irreducible representations of space groups (28 June to 2 July)

Introduction

The IUCr Crystallographic Teaching Commission is one of several International Union of Crystallography Commissions and is responsible for supporting activities relating to teaching crystallography. It was established at the Third General Assembly this Commission with the object of exchanging information on an international scale on the subject of teaching crystallography, of promoting publication of articles on teaching, and of arranging discussions.

Teaching Pamphlets

The Teaching Pamphlets are the result of a long term aim of the Commission on Crystallographic Teaching to produce a large collection of short statements each dealing with a specific topic at a specific level. The emphasis is on a particular teaching approach. It is not the function of the Commission to decide on the "best" approach but to make all available so that teachers can make their own selection.