Bridging the Gap between Educational Research and School Practice through Cooperation of University and Primary School Teachers

The existence of a gap between chemistry education research and teaching practice has been the topic of many discussions, and in recent years many efforts have been made to overcome this gap. In the present paper, we contribute to these efforts by reporting about collaboration between researchers and teachers in the PROFILES project from the perspective of university members. In the paper, we assert that primary school teachers must receive very concise and unequivocal instructions for their work in order to ensure that all parts of the project are performed correctly. Collaboration between researchers and teachers is only prosperous if both parties value their own knowledge.