Inspiring Teachers for Energy Education: An Illustrative Case Study in the Latvian Context

• Authors: Anita Pipere , Rudīte Grabovska , Lolita Jonāne
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Energy education has become a priority in light of the aims and tasks of the second half of UNESCO Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. This paper focuses on the case of inspiring teachers for energy education in the Latvian context, implemented within the COMENIUS project Inspire School Education by Non-formal Learning. The structure and content aspects of the in-service teacher training course are provided after the introduction to the theme. The methodological approach used in this study is integration of illustrative case study with the elements of programme implementation and programme effects case study. The data were collected by survey, focus group and questionnaire to obtain the teachers' feedback on the training course, its materials and to receive the teachers' self-evaluation on the implementation of the lesson units at their schools. It was concluded that the course had been very successful both from the point of view of the teachers and the course leaders. The described case study could serve as an example for those who would be interested in the design and implementation of similar courses in other contexts and circumstances.

Keywords

EN

teachers; energy education; training course; lesson unit; case study; sustainable development

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 37-50

Dates

published

2010-01-01

online

2010-06-07

Contributors

author

Anita Pipere

• Daugavpils University, Latvia

author

Rudīte Grabovska

• Daugavpils University, Latvia

author

Lolita Jonāne

• Daugavpils University, Latvia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10099-009-0045-y