Teaching Sustainable Energy in Primary Schools

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Beschrijving

This Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) resource will help you bring the topic of sustainable energy into the classroom in the context of the Primary School Science Curriculum and the Green-Schools programme. It will help children learn about energy in a real world way, exploring how and why as a society we need to develop new ways to meet our energy needs. This resource makes teaching energy engaging as children see it as relevant to their own lives and future well-being. As children learn about sustainability, they will develop behaviours that benefit them and wider society. Overall, the resource will help children gain an understanding of our current energy challenges and potential future solutions.

The wider SEAI Teaching Sustainable Energy resources represent a whole-school for primary schools at all class levels. These resources were researched and developed by the School of STEM Education, Innovation and Global Studies and the Centre for the Advancement for STEM Teaching and Learning (CASTeL) at Dublin City University (DCU) Institute of Education with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland.

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Hoe gebruik je deze bron

The SEAI Teaching Sustainable Energy resources invite students and their teachers to look at how they use energy in their schools and private lives to identify taken-for-granted energy use habits. This builds the capacity to challenge lifestyle choices and habits to become more conscious Sustainability Citizens.

The resources provide lesson plans, PowerPoint presentations, linked videos, data and other supports to help teachers adopt a whole-school approach through active pedagogy and placed-based learning. 

While linked to the Irish primary school curriculum and promoting a whole-school interdisciplinary approach, this set of resources will serve as a stimulus and example for teacher from other countries to map and find ways to integrate lessons or activities into their own national curricula and context.

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De middelen

5th_and_6th_Class_Teacher_Book PDF:

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Learning Outcomes (Teachers)

• Eliciteren van voorkennis en verder ontwikkelen van kennis en begrip van de belangrijkste concepten van Duurzaam Burgerschap, waarbij gevestigde wereldbeelden en waarden in twijfel worden getrokken.
• een reeks geschikte hulpmiddelen en kaders toepassen om duurzaam burgerschap bij studenten te bevorderen
• Reflecteren op de praktijk en nationale curricula onderzoeken om mogelijkheden te identificeren om Duurzaamheidsburgerschap op interdisciplinaire manieren te bevorderen en samen te werken met externe belanghebbenden.
• Samen de kennis, hulpmiddelen en kaders synthetiseren om onderwijsmateriaal en lesplannen te maken die zijn aangepast aan hun eigen lokale context.

Leerresultaten (Leadership)

• Een reeks geschikte instrumenten en kaders toepassen om duurzaam burgerschap binnen hun scholen en gemeenschappen te bevorderen.
• Examine their own national/regional curricula, educational policies, programmes and external stakeholders to identify opportunities to promote Sustainability Citizenship in their schools and communities.
• Samen kennis, hulpmiddelen en kaders synthetiseren om een visie te creëren voor het leveren van een schoolomgeving die de ontwikkeling van duurzaam burgerschap in hun gemeenschap ondersteunt.

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Groene competenties

• Duurzame waarden belichamen: Valuing Sustainability; Promoting Nature
• Complexiteit omarmen in duurzaamheid: Systeemdenken; kritisch denken; probleemopstelling
• Duurzame toekomstvisies: Futures Literacy; Adaptability; Exploratory Thinking
• Handelen voor duurzaamheid: Collectieve actie; individueel initiatief

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Creative Commons

The Teaching Sustainable Energy in Primary Schools series of resources were created by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) and Dublin City University’s (DCU) CASTel Research Centre. It is shared here by kind permission of SEAI.

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