TY - JOUR
T1 - Teaching of energy issues
T2 - A debate proposal for a global reorientation
AU - Doménech, Josep Lluis
AU - Gil-Pérez, Daniel
AU - Gras-Martí, Albert
AU - Guisasola, Jenaro
AU - Martínez-Torregrosa, Joaquín
AU - Salinas, Julia
AU - Trumper, Ricardo
AU - Valdés, Pablo
AU - Vilches, Amparo
PY - 2007/1
Y1 - 2007/1
N2 - The growing awareness of serious difficulties in the learning of energy issues has produced a great deal of research, most of which is focused on specific conceptual aspects. In our opinion, the difficulties pointed out in the literature are interrelated and connected to other aspects (conceptual as well as procedural and axiological), which are not sufficiently taken into account in previous research. This paper aims to carry out a global analysis in order to avoid the more limited approaches that deal only with individual aspects. From this global analysis we have outlined 24 propositions that are put forward for debate to lay the foundations for a profound reorientation of the teaching of energy topics in upper high school courses, in order to facilitate a better scientific understanding of these topics, avoid many students' misconceptions and enhance awareness of the current situation of planetary emergency.
AB - The growing awareness of serious difficulties in the learning of energy issues has produced a great deal of research, most of which is focused on specific conceptual aspects. In our opinion, the difficulties pointed out in the literature are interrelated and connected to other aspects (conceptual as well as procedural and axiological), which are not sufficiently taken into account in previous research. This paper aims to carry out a global analysis in order to avoid the more limited approaches that deal only with individual aspects. From this global analysis we have outlined 24 propositions that are put forward for debate to lay the foundations for a profound reorientation of the teaching of energy topics in upper high school courses, in order to facilitate a better scientific understanding of these topics, avoid many students' misconceptions and enhance awareness of the current situation of planetary emergency.
KW - Debate proposal
KW - Global reorientation
KW - Teaching energy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33751179447&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11191-005-5036-3
DO - 10.1007/s11191-005-5036-3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33751179447
SN - 0926-7220
VL - 16
SP - 43
EP - 64
JO - Science and Education
JF - Science and Education
IS - 1
ER -