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

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

Open Access
|Jun 2010

Abstract

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.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10099-009-0045-y | Journal eISSN: 1691-5534 | Journal ISSN: 1691-4147
Language: English
Page range: 37 - 50
Published on: Jun 7, 2010
Published by: Daugavpils University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2010 Anita Pipere, Rudīte Grabovska, Lolita Jonāne, published by Daugavpils University
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.

Volume 12 (2010): Issue 1 (June 2010)