Developing Competences of Pre-Service Teachers through STE(A)M-based Renewable Energy Curriculum
▶Summary
In climate change and environmental degradation issues context, teaching Renewable Energy (RE), especially in the context of STEAM, has become an important issue. Public social acceptance is an im...
▶Objectives
It was aimed to develop a curriculum on the subject of RE for preservice teachers studying in higher education in the context of the aforementioned needs of partner countries. In addition, the project aimed to develop contemporary multimedia based online learning content and material, online learning platform and a best practices pool. By this way it was possible to make use of the curriculum and educate preservice teachers in STEM-based Renewable Energy context. Preservice teachers, who will be the teachers of the future, improved their professional and pedagogical knowledge level about RE, thanks to the project results. Thanks to the dissemination and sustainability of the results obtained in the project, RENEWTEACH project contributed to breaking the resistance in front of the social acceptance of the people. RENEWTEACH project also intended to disseminate and provide project results (curriculum, online learning materials, assessment tool and the LMS with a best practice tool and e-guide) permanently in order for stakeholders to make use of them to increase the knowledge, positive attitude and skills related to RE especially in STEAM based context.