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5. An Overview of Science Teachers’ Knowledge of Bioenergy and the Need for Future Research: A Case from India

Author : Pradipta Halder

Published in: Progress in Clean Energy, Volume 2

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The study aimed to explore science teachers’ knowledge of bioenergy and their views regarding bioenergy education in schools. Data were collected from 28 science teachers from four schools based in New Delhi and Bengaluru in India. The results showed that although the teachers knew some of the facts of bioenergy, the majority did not appear to know that the use of bioenergy could release CO2 into the atmosphere. Moreover, not all the science teachers were aware that bioenergy was included in the science syllabus of the tenth grade, and it indicated that bioenergy was not taught with much importance by the science teachers. The study recommends improving science teachers’ knowledge of bioenergy including other renewable energy sources so that they can provide a high quality science education related to energy topics to their students.

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Metadata
Title
An Overview of Science Teachers’ Knowledge of Bioenergy and the Need for Future Research: A Case from India
Author
Pradipta Halder
Copyright Year
2015
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17031-2_5