Externalities still underrated in energy education

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F24%3A00135519" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/24:00135519 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/46747885:24510/24:00012408

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148124002131" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148124002131</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2024.120148" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.renene.2024.120148</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Externalities still underrated in energy education

Original language description

Energy literacy is a key factor for understanding, acceptance, and public support of the ongoing transformations in the energy sector. This study aimed to assess the cognitive dimension of energy literacy among teenage students from the Czech Republic. We have tested their knowledge of energy-related issues in a broader technical, environmental, and socio-economic context of energy production. Altogether, N = 244 eighth-grade students from seven elementary schools participated in the open-question assessment, followed by data analysis and quantification of the results. The main finding is that students perform unsatisfactorily on several key points necessary to understand energy generation, transformation, and collateral impacts. Energy externalities were identified as the most substantial topic in energy education that is underrepresented in the active knowledge of young students. A literature survey suggests that this problem might be quite widespread. Recommendations are provided for learning interventions that should equip future citizens for an evidence-based public debate on the transition to sustainable energy sources.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Renewable Energy

ISSN

0960-1481

e-ISSN

1879-0682

Volume of the periodical

224

Issue of the periodical within the volume

April

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

16

Pages from-to

1-16

UT code for WoS article

001202331800001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85185478266