Assessing Secondary School Students' Understanding of the Relevance of Energy in Their Daily Lives

Autor/inn/en	Lay, Yoon-Fah; Khoo, Chwee-Hoon; Treagust, David F.; Chandrasegaran, A. L.
Titel	Assessing Secondary School Students' Understanding of the Relevance of Energy in Their Daily Lives
Quelle	In: International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 8 (2013) 1, S.199-215 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1306-3065
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Energy; Energy Conservation; Energy Education; Scientific Literacy; Grade 8; Secondary School Students; Relevance (Education); Decision Making Skills; Praxis; Theory Practice Relationship; Statistical Analysis; Regression (Statistics); Curriculum Based Assessment; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Energie; Energieerhaltung; Energiespeicherung; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Sekundarschüler; Relevance; Relevanz; Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung; Statistische Analyse; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to investigate the levels of energy literacy among 276 Form 2 (Grade 8) Malaysian students as no similar study has been previously conducted in the country, as well as the contribution of students' energy-related knowledge and attitudes on their energy-related behaviors. This was a non-experimental quantitative research using the sample survey method to collect data by using the "Energy Literacy Questionnaire" (ELQ). Independent samples t-test, Pearson product-moment correlation, and multiple linear regressions were used to analyse the data. The study found that levels of energy literacy were relatively low suggesting that the implemented curriculum had failed to meet the specifications of the intended curriculum that emphasises the relevance of energy-related issues to students' everyday life experiences. The authors suggest that there is a need to emphasise the importance of a context-based curriculum specifying criteria that embrace broad energy literacy with benchmarks related not just to science-related energy content but also recognizing the importance of practical energy-related knowledge, decision making skills, value judgments, ethical and moral dimensions, and issues of personal responsibility related to energy resource development and consumption in Malaysia. (Contains 10 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Consortium for the Advancement of Academic Publication. Abant Izzet Baysal University, Faculty of Education, 14280 Golkoy-Bolu, Turkey. e-mail: editorijese@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.ijese.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10