Persuasive Force of Children through Education
Force Energetique pour les Enfants par l'education - FEEDU
Project Duration
January 2005 – August 2007
Background
Because the climate issues are growing the importance of education about energy efficiency and sustainable energy is also growing. Teachers and educators need new didactical concepts and tools in order to tackle real energy education issues with the children at school. A lot of experiences and tools are available but not known by the school practice in general. Exchanging best practices and implementation issues by the practicers themselves are the best way to learn and avoid mistakes.
The basis for the FEEDU project was the FEE project, an educational project financed by the Altener programme 2001.
Objectives
The general longer term objectives of the action are to raise the awareness of children concerning energy use at their school and at home (related with rational use of energy (RUE), renewable energy sources (RES) and mobility) and try to change the families’ attitude.
On the medium term the dissemination of the project aims at stimulating similar projects:
- The participating teachers posses a know-how and experience concerning to use of energy awareness tools in order to use it continually in their lesson plan;
- Organising a sustainable network of teachers and local/regional organisations working around energy and mobility-education;
- Setting up and promote the broad use of the developed educational tools and courses;
- The implementation of energy education in the general (national) school curriculum, where possible.
Methodology
- Formal agreements were signed in order to carry out this educational project by 130 schools in 13 European regions (in Slovenia 10 schools);
- Professional training courses for energy agencies (in Slovenia SE-F) were setup around energy education, project management in schools and child education;
- Professional training courses for teachers were developed around energy education, including rational energy management, renewable energy sources and transport management issues;
- Around 380 teachers participated in those specific developed courses (in Slovenia 20 teachers);
- Appropriate educational tools were made available;
- Tools and lesson packages were used on a project base learning experience during the school year by children;
- More than 7500 children participated in the project;
- Experiences were exchanged between project participants through physical and internet based networking;
- Involvement of the parents committees of every school.
The Role of the SE-F in the Project
SE-F organised professional training courses for teachers and carried out workshops in 10 Slovenian schools.
In April 2007 SE-F organised international conference Energy Education - a Challenge for Schools, which took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Conference has been organised as a showcase for educational tools and training methods that can be used to enable primary school teachers integrate the topic of energy into their teaching practices.
This event has promoted the benefits of energy education and energy efficiency in primary schools drawing on the experience of speakers engaged in this activity at school, local authority and technical levels. Sessions has provided practical ideas, methods, tools and best practice and facilitated a debate on the future implications for education legislation and practice.
The program was aimed at a diverse audience: all those who provide national, regional or local support for the organization and delivery of educational practices (including teachers); those who have responsibilities for educational buildings and their energy management and those outside the formal education system who are concerned with the delivery of environmental educational activities.
Results
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Partners
ABEA (Be) * GDE-Net (Se) * ARE Liguria (It) * NELEEAC (UK) * REAC (Gr) * EALP (It) * AGENAL (Pt) * APERe (Be) * RAEE (Fr) * SWEA (UK) * Plančte Sciences Méditerranée (Fr) * EBPB (Ge) * SE-F (SI) *
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Donor
Project was supported by the European Commission under the Intelligent Energy Europe Programme.