Sustainable Energy For High School Education An European Training Tool

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Centre Product Design for Sustainable
Development
Sustainable Energy For High School Education An
European Training Tool SEE-EU TOOL 226362 CP
1 2005 1 RO COMENIUS-C21 Needs
Analysis
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The Evaluation of Needs

• 1. Developing a Questionnaire- the tool
• Aiming to get understanding of the existing
  situation of the in-service training in the field
  of Sustainable Energy domain at European level
• to find out the teachers interest and perception
  on Sustainable Energy
• - to find out the current situation concerning
  the Sustainable Energy topic in curricula at
  pre-university level
• - to find out the teachers willingness to
  improve their knowledge in the domain of
  sustainable energy subjects and didactics of the
  discipline

Involved partners Transilvania University of
Brasov The District School Inspectorate,
Brasov The Teachers House, Brasov
Result a questionnaire (E, translated by the
partners if necessary) 32 items
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The Evaluation of Needs
2. Delivering the Questionnaire Target
groups level - high school teachers -
future teachers profile Sciences (Physics,
Chemistry, Biology, Geography) Technical
disciplines Mathematics computer sciences
Humanities (languages social sciences)
countries Greece, Germany, Belgium, Italy,
Turkey, Poland, Romania Respondents 210
Involved partners
Transilvania University of Brasov, University of
Applied Sciences, Aachen, Germany, Hogeschool
Gent, Belgium, ASPETE, Patras, Greece,
Associazione Kelidon, Milano, Italy, The Marie
Curie Highschool, Dzialoszyn, Poland, The
District School Inspectorate, Brasov, Romania,
The College for Natural Sciences, Brasov,
Romania, The Teachers Centre, Brasov, Romania,
Romanian Agency for Energy Conservation, Izmir
Province National Education Directorate, Turkey
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The Evaluation of Needs

• 3. Analysis of the questionnaires
• Performed by each partner involved
• The analysis for the entire partnership
  Transilvania University

Report Needs Analysis
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Respondents distribution considering the
discipline they teach

• Total 210
• 7 countries Greece, Germany, Belgium, Italy,
  Turkey, Poland, Romania
• 129 females, 81 males
• 39,5 average age
• 14.8 average years of activity
• Teaching subjects
• Humanities (languages social sciences)
• Mathematics computer sciences
• Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography)
• Technical disciplines

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Set 1- General appreciation of the domain
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Set 1 Per countries
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Set 2 The subject in own didactic activityPer
countries
- per countries (average values)
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Set 3 - The place of the subject in the curriculum
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Set 3 - per countries
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Set 4 - Teachers willingness to improve their
knowledge
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Set 4 - per countries
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Set 5 - Information sources accessed by the
teachers
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Set 6 - Appreciation of the interest related to
specific study chapters
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Conclusions

• The teachers across the Europe appreciate the
  subject of Sustainable Energy as being important
  for the development of the community and of the
  students.
• The teachers are willing to improve their
  knowledge in order to be able to teach this
  subject and are willing to participate to
  training courses.
• The Sustainable Energy subject is not part of the
  curriculum at national level. There are cases
  where the subject is approached at school level,
  mainly in the extracurricular activities.
• The sustainable energy is a subject that needs
  cross curricular approach.
• They agreed the topics proposed, which are part
  of the new curriculum.

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The Evaluation of Needs

• 4. The Results
• A report on Survey of the in-service training
  needs on sustainable energy
• A Profile of Competencies
• 3. Final form of the Curriculum
• 4. Methodological approach for teaching on
  Sustainable Energy

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• A Profile of Competencies of the
  teachers-trainees able to
• To get performance in the field of Sustainable
  Energy - knowledge
• To adapt the training resources (developed by the
  project)
• according the pupils level and to use it
  efficiently knowledge delivery
• 3. To apply innovative teaching methods
  instruments
• 4. To promote the field of Sustainable Energy at
  different levels - visibility

Involved partners Transilvania University of
Brasov The District School Inspectorate,
Brasov The Teachers House, Brasov The
College for Natural Sciences, Emil Racovita,
Brasov ASPETE, Greece FH Aachen-Pedagogy
Dept., Germany Hogeschool Gent, Belgium Izmir
Province National Education Directorate, Turkey
Deadline 15 October 2006 to the coordinator