242
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

Energy literacy: A review in education

References

  • Adams, J., Kenner, A., Leone, B., Rosenthal, A., Sarao, M., & Boi-Doku, T. (2022). What is energy literacy? Responding to vulnerability in Philadelphia’s energy ecologies. Energy Research & Social Science, 91, 102718. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2022.102718
  • Aguirre-Bielschowsky, I., Lawson, R., Stephenson, J., & Todd, S. (2017). Energy literacy and agency of New Zealand children. Environmental Education Research, 23(6), 832–854. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2015.1054267
  • Appiah, M. K., Gyening, E. K., Teye, P. K., Frimpong, C., & Nsowah, A. (2023). The implications of energy literacy on energy savings behavior: A model of contingent effects of energy value and attitude. Energy Reports, 10, 72–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2023.06.008
  • Bodzin, A. M., Fu, Q., Peffer, T. E., & Kulo, V. (2013). Developing energy literacy in US middle-level students using the geospatial curriculum approach. International Journal of Science Education, 35(9), 1561–1589. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2013.769139
  • Castañeda-Garza, G., & Valerio-Ureña, G. (2023). Energy literacy in elementary school textbooks in Mexico. Environmental Education Research, 29(3), 410–422. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2022.2135687
  • Chen, K.-L., Huang, S.-H., & Liu, S.-Y. (2013). Devising a framework for energy education in Taiwan using the analytic hierarchy process. Energy Policy, 55, 396–403. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2012.12.025
  • Chen, S.-J., Chou, Y.-C., Yen, H.-Y., & Chao, Y.-L. (2015). Investigating and structural modeling energy literacy of high school students in Taiwan. Energy Efficiency, 8(4), 791–808. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12053-015-9327-5
  • Cotton, D. R. E., Miller, W., Winter, J., Bailey, I., & Sterling, S. (2015). Developing students’ energy literacy in higher education. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 16(4), 456–473. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSHE-12-2013-0166
  • Cotton, D. R. E., Zhai, J., Miller, W., Dalla Valle, L., & Winter, J. (2021). Reducing energy demand in China and the United Kingdom: The importance of energy literacy. Journal of Cleaner Production, 278, 123876. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123876
  • DeWaters, J., & Powers, S. (2011). Energy literacy of secondary students in New York State (USA): A measure of knowledge, affect, and behavior. Energy Policy, 39(3), 1699–1710. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2010.12.049
  • DeWaters, J., & Powers, S. (2013). Establishing measurement criteria for an energy literacy questionnaire. The Journal of Environmental Education, 44(1), 38–55. https://doi.org/10.1080/00958964.2012.711378
  • DeWaters, J., Qaqish, B., Graham, M., & Powers, S. (2013). Designing an energy literacy questionnaire for middle and high school youth. The Journal of Environmental Education, 44(1), 56–78. https://doi.org/10.1080/00958964.2012.682615
  • Dias, R. A., Rios de Paula, M., Silva Rocha Rizol, P. M., Matelli, J. A., Rodrigues de Mattos, C., & Perrella Balestieri, J. A. (2021). Energy education: Reflections over the last fifteen years. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 141, 110845. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2021.110845
  • Eisler, D. (2016). Energy literacy in Canada: A summary. School of Public Policy Research Papers, University of Calgary, 9(1), 1–25. https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=2741726
  • Eitel, K., Hougham, R., Laninga, T., Fizzell, G., Schon, J., & Hendrickson, D. (2015). Teacher professional development for energy literacy: A comparison of two approaches. Journal of Sustainability Education, 8. https://hdl.handle.net/2376/6444
  • Gladwin, D., & Ellis, N. (2023). Energy literacy: A conceptual framework for energy transition. Environmental Education Research (online ahead-of-print). https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2023.2175794
  • Gladwin, D., Karsgaard, C., & Shultz, L. (2022). Collaborative learning on energy justice: International youth perspectives on energy literacy and climate justice. The Journal of Environmental Education, 53(5), 251–260. https://doi.org/10.1080/00958964.2022.2113019
  • Güven, G., Yakar, A., & Sülün, Y. (2019). Adaptation of the energy literacy scale into Turkish: A validity and reliability study. Cukurova University Faculty of Education Journal, 48(1), 821–857. https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/cuefd/issue/44511/489058
  • Hecht, E. (2019). Understanding energy as a subtle concept: A model for teaching and learning energy. American Journal of Physics, 87(7), 495–503. https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5109863
  • Huang, Y., Chou, Y.-C., Yen, H.-W., & Bai, H.-C. (2012). Developing an innovative educational program for energy saving and carbon reduction: An elementary school example. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 51, 840–848. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.08.250
  • Jorgenson, S. N., Stephens, J. C., & White, B. (2019). Environmental education in transition: A critical review of recent research on climate change and energy education. The Journal of Environmental Education, 50(3), 160–171. https://doi.org/10.1080/00958964.2019.1604478
  • Keller, L., Riede, M., Link, S., Hüfner, K., & Stötter, J. (2022). Can education save money, energy, and the climate?—Assessing the potential impacts of climate change education on energy literacy and energy consumption in the light of the EU energy efficiency directive and the Austrian energy efficiency act. Energies, 15(3), 1118. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15031118
  • Lange Salvia, A., Londero Brandli, L., Leal Filho, W., Gasparetto Rebelatto, B., & Reginatto, G. (2020). Energy sustainability in teaching and outreach initiatives and the contribution to the 2030 Agenda. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 21(7), 1607–1624. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSHE-05-2020-0180
  • Langfitt, Q., Haselbach, L., & Justin Hougham, R. (2015). Artifact-based energy literacy assessment utilizing rubric scoring. Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, 141(2), C5014002. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)EI.1943-5541.0000210
  • Lee, L.-S., Lee, Y.-F., Altschuld, J. W., & Pan, Y.-J. (2015). Energy literacy: Evaluating knowledge, affect, and behavior of students in Taiwan. Energy Policy, 76, 98–106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2014.11.012
  • Lee, L.-S., Lee, Y.-F., Wu, M.-J., & Pan, Y.-J. (2019). A study of energy literacy among nursing students to examine implications on energy conservation efforts in Taiwan. Energy Policy, 135, 111005. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2019.111005
  • Lee, Y.-F., Nguyen, H. B. N., & Sung, H.-T. (2022). Energy literacy of high school students in Vietnam and determinants of their energy-saving behavior. Environmental Education Research, 28(6), 907–924. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2022.2034752
  • Lin, K.-Y., & Lu, S.-C. (2018). Effects of project-based activities in developing high school students’ energy literacy. Journal of Baltic Science Education, 17(5), 867–877. https://doi.org/10.33225/jbse/18.17.867
  • Lowan-Trudeau, G., & Fowler, T. A. (2022). Towards a theory of critical energy literacy: The Youth Strike for Climate, ­renewable energy and beyond. Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 38(1), 58–68. https://doi.org/10.1017/aee.2021.15
  • Martins, A., Madaleno, M., & Dias, M. F. (2019). Energy literacy: Knowledge, affect, and behavior of university members in Portugal [Paper presentation]. 2019 16th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM), pp. 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1109/EEM.2019.8916458
  • Martins, A., Madaleno, M., & Dias, M. F. (2020a). Energy literacy: What is out there to know? Energy Reports, 6, 454–459. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2019.09.007
  • Martins, A., Madaleno, M., & Dias, M. F. (2020b). Financial knowledge’s role in Portuguese energy literacy. Energies, 13(13), 3412. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13133412
  • McCaffrey, M. (2015). The energy-climate literacy imperative: Why energy education must close the loop on changing climate. Journal of Sustainability Education, 8. http://www.susted.com/wordpress/content/the-energy-climate-literacy-imperative-why-energy-education-must-close-the-loop-on-changing-climate_2015_01/
  • Mehmood, A., Lin, R., Zhang, L., Lee, C. K. M., & Ren, J. Z. (2022). Qualitative mapping of barriers to the renewables’ development against energy literacy dimensions: A case study of Pakistan. Energy Reports, 8, 332–337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2022.01.050
  • Merritt, E. G., Weinberg, A. E., & Archambault, L. (2023). Exploring energy through the lens of equity: Funds of knowledge conveyed through video-based discussion. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 21(8), 2237–2260. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10763-023-10352-3
  • Opoku, R. A., & Adom, P. K. (2023). Energy literacy levels and energy investment choices of faith-based organisations in Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Ghana: Implications for energy conservation. Cleaner and Responsible Consumption, 8, 100100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clrc.2023.100100
  • Ortega Lasuen, U., Ortuzar Iragorri, M. A., & Diez, J. R. (2020). Towards energy transition at the Faculty of Education of Bilbao (UPV/EHU): Diagnosing community and building. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 21(7), 1277–1296. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSHE-12-2019-0363
  • Pestana, C., Barros, L., Scuri, S., & Barreto, M. (2021). Can HCI help increase people’s engagement in sustainable development? A case study on energy literacy. Sustainability, 13(14), 7543. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13147543
  • Rohmatulloh, A. H., Sahlani, L., Zuhri, M. T., Kholifah, N., & Nurtanto, M. (2023). A systematic review of energy literacy programs at primary and middle schools. Pegem Journal of Education & Instruction/Pegem Egitim ve Ögretim, 13(1), 145–155. https://doi.org/10.47750/pegegog.13.01.17
  • Smil, V. (2022). How the world really works: A scientist’s guide to our past, present and future. Penguin.
  • Southwell, B. G., Murphy, J. J., DeWaters, J. E., & LeBaron, P. A. (2012). Americans’ perceived and actual understanding of energy. RTI Press. RTI Press Research Report No. RR-0018-1208 https://doi.org/10.3768/rtipress.2012.rr.0018.1208
  • Sovacool, B. K. (2019). Visions of energy futures: Imagining and innovating low-carbon transitions. Routledge.
  • Sovacool, B. K., & Blyth, P. L. (2015). Energy and environmental attitudes in the green state of Denmark: Implications for energy democracy, low carbon transitions, and energy literacy. Environmental Science & Policy, 54, 304–315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2015.07.011
  • Sovacool, B. K., Burke, M., Baker, L., Kotikalapudi, C. K., & Wlokas, H. (2017). New frontiers and conceptual frameworks for energy justice. Energy Policy, 105, 677–691. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2017.03.005
  • Turner, M., Foreman, C., & Perusich, K. (2014). Development of an electric energy literacy survey [Paper presentation]. International Energy and Sustainability Conference 2014, pp. 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1109/IESC.2014.7061839
  • van den Broek, K. L. (2019). Household energy literacy: A critical review and a conceptual typology. Energy Research & Social Science, 57, 101256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2019.101256
  • van der Horst, D., Harrison, C., Staddon, S., & Wood, G. (2016). Improving energy literacy through student-led fieldwork—At home. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 40(1), 67–76. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2015.1089477
  • Wang, J., Long, R., Chen, H., & Li, Q. (2022). How do parents and children promote each other? The impact of intergenerational learning on willingness to save energy. Energy Research & Social Science, 87, 102465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2021.102465
  • Wang, M., Hou, G., Wang, P., & You, Z. (2021). Research of energy literacy and environmental regulation research based on tripartite deterrence game model. Energy Reports, 7, 1084–1091. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2021.09.163
  • Yeh, S.-C., Huang, J.-Y., & Yu, H.-C. (2017). Analysis of energy literacy and misconceptions of junior high students in Taiwan. Sustainability, 9(3), 423. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9030423
  • Yusup, M., Setiawan, A., Rustaman, N. Y., & Kaniawati, I. (2017a). Developing a framework for the assessment of pre-­service physics teachers’ energy literacy. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 877, 012014. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/877/1/012014
  • Yusup, M., Setiawan, A., Rustaman, N. Y., & Kaniawati, I. (2017b). Assessing pre-service physics teachers’ energy literacy: An application of rasch measurement. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 895, 012161. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/895/1/012161

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.