Our attempts in writing the general chemistry textbook for the six - year program of pharmaceutical education

In view of the current status of high school chemical education in China and the features of the course " General Chemistry" for six - year program students of non - chemistry specialties, we believe that for a freshman of the long - term program, to foster her/his wisdom is more important than to acquire knowledge and ability. To this goal, we have made some attempts in writing the textbook:① To elevate students' self - taught ability, we have arranged materials in the sequence of " phenomena → generalization → extended phenomena → theory… " a way suitable for teaching activity composed of alternate self - taught part and class - teaching part;②To inspire students' intensive thinking, we have described how chemists found and solved the scientific problems in history, and how scientific knowledge has developed step by step. Students are encouraged to jump out of the textbook and raise new questions. ③To emphasize the importance of scientific methodology, both theoretical and experimental, through case analyses.④To promote the use of Internet for information and the use of computer to improve calculations.