Title :
Energy education in Greece: Learning about renewable electrical energy perspectives
Author :
Balouktsis, Ioannis ; Kekkeris, Gerassimos
Author_Institution :
Primary Educ. Dept., Democritus Univ. of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
Abstract :
This paper presents briefly some important aspects of energy education in link with renewable energy education in Greece and worldwide. How teaching of energy issues is carried out at different education levels and the development of educational strategies in learning arrangements for students have also been made. A brief history of Greek curricula development shows the efforts have been made for the evolvement of an effective approach for energy education. The goals of this emerging discipline are to cultivate energy literacy and particularly awareness and attitudes towards sustainability and to create formal energy education in a country which has considerable potential for renewable energy and its development should alleviate the risk from energy related environmental problems.
Keywords :
educational courses; power engineering education; renewable energy sources; sustainable development; teaching; Greece; Greek curricula development; energy issue teaching; energy literacy; learning arrangements; renewable electrical energy perspectives; renewable energy education; sustainable development; Context; Economics; Educational institutions; Europe; Renewable energy sources; Sustainable development; Energy education; Greece; Renewable Energy Education; curriculum development; energy literacy; teaching sustainable development;
Conference_Titel :
EAEEIE Annual Conference (EAEEIE), 2013 Proceedings of the 24th
Conference_Location :
Chania
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0042-8
DOI :
10.1109/EAEEIE.2013.6576515