• DocumentCode
    595939
  • Title

    Work in progress: Identification of misconceptions governed by emergent phenomena in photovoltaics content using the Delphi Method

  • Author

    Nelson, Katherine G. ; Brem, S.K. ; Husman, Jenefer

  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    3-6 Oct. 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    With the emphasis and growth of solar energy, there is a rising need to educate students to perform in PV engineering. However, the curriculum for PV Engineering has not been well-articulated-needing both a focus on what that content is, and also what learning challenges students face when they learn it. Misconceptions, primarily those resulting from a limited understanding of emergent phenomena, can act as significant barriers to learning, and as such should be considered in curriculum development. The purpose of this work-in-progress is to use the Delphi Method to identify emergent phenomena in PV that is critical to the understanding of PV, while highlighting the resulting misconceptions that can result when students learn this content.
  • Keywords
    educational courses; estimation theory; power engineering education; solar power; Delphi method; PV engineering curriculum; curriculum development; learning challenge; misconception identification; photovoltaics content; solar energy; work-in-progress; Educational institutions; Emergent phenomena; Materials; Photovoltaic systems; Psychology; complexity; delphi; emergent processes; misconceptions; photovoltaics; semiconductors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2012
  • Conference_Location
    Seattle, WA
  • ISSN
    0190-5848
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1353-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0190-5848
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/FIE.2012.6462382
  • Filename
    6462382