University Chemistry ›› 2023, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (6): 36-40.doi: 10.3866/PKU.DXHX202302051

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A Comparative Study of General and Inorganic Chemistry Textbooks at Home and from Abroad

Pingping Zhao1, Ping Cai2, Kai Hu2, Yaxian Zhu3, Peng Cheng4, Gongzhen Cheng2,*()   

  1. 1 Research Center for Graphic Communication, Printing and Packaging, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
    2 College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
    3 College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, Fujian Province, China
    4 College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
  • Received:2023-02-21 Accepted:2023-04-24 Published:2023-05-09
  • Contact: Gongzhen Cheng E-mail:gzcheng@whu.edu.cn

Abstract:

The domestic inorganic chemistry textbooks and the corresponding popular international textbooks are compared in contents. It is found that the inorganic chemistry courses in China include the contents of both the international chemical principles or general chemistry courses and the descriptive inorganic chemistry. Domestic inorganic chemistry textbooks cover a wider range of topics and are concise in text description, but are not easy for self-studying. In international textbooks, the coverage of chemical principle textbooks is usually not wide enough, but the contents are well-illustrated and the readers are progressively lead to the frontier of the subjects, together with the proper use of theory and its applications; some textbooks have wide coverage and the forefront of current subjects are introduced. Those are worthy of mentioning for our reference in the future construction of teaching materials.

Key words: Inorganic chemistry, Textbook comparison, Chemical principles