Pre-service teachers' knowledge and awareness about renewable energy

Güven, Gökhan; Sülün, Yusuf

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2017.05.286

Cited by 66 publications

(44 citation statements)

References 37 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…In a research made by Bilen, Özel and Sürücü (2013), it was revealed that preservice science teachers had positive attitudes towards renewable energy. The obtained results revealed that gender and place of residence did not make a difference to the preservice teachers' attitudes, while it was seen that the grade level variable produced a significant difference.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Besides these studies, there are other studies examining attitudes towards to RE sources. For example, in a research made by Bilen, Özel, and Sürücü (2013), the attitudes of preservice science teachers towards renewable energy sources were investigated. The questionnaire was applied to a total of 254 preservice science teachers.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The findings of the research showed that the teacher candidates did not have sufficient knowledge about renewable energy sources. In a research made by Güven and Sülün (2017), the awareness and knowledge of preservice teachers with regard to renewable energy were investigated. Knowledge levels related to RE were examined among different departments.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

The Correlation Between Renewable Energy Knowledge and Attitude: A Structural Equation Model With Future’s Educators

Genç

Akilli

2019

JBSE

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

It is important to create positive attitudes and enough knowledge for preservice science teachers about renewable energy for future. The aim of this research was to show the correlation between renewable energy knowledge and subdimensions of attitude towards renewable energy with Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The research was conducted by the analysis of 1145 pre-service teachers' answers to questionnaires data using SEM.Two questionnaires used for data collection which first was renewable energy knowledge scale that Cronbach's alpha was .82 and the second was renewable energy attitude scale that Cronbach's alpha was .87. Initially, Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin and Bartlett's tests were done with SPSS to test appropriateness of subdimensions to factor analysis. Exploratory factor analysis was done for the subdimensions that were seen to be suitable for factor analysis and then structural model was tested with LISREL. At the end of the SEM test, it was found that there are positive relations between renewable energy knowledge of preservice teachers and their attitudes towards renewable energy. The more knowledge and attitudes about renewable energy can be improved, the more positive attitudes and behaviors will be provided to individuals and the efficient use of renewable energy types will be realized.The renewable energy sources are resources such as solar, wind, wave, hydrogen, hydroelectric, biomass and geothermal energies (Liarakou, Gavrilakis, & Flouri, 2009). Solar energy, which forms the world's main energy source and is effective in the creation of other renewable energy sources, is, with thermal solar technology and solar batteries, the most commonly used energy source (Bayraç, 2011; Varınca & Gönüllü, 2008). Wind energy is motion (kinetic) energy that uses warm and cool air currents and, via wind turbines, this energy is first converted into mechanical energy and then into electrical energy. Biomass energy is the energy obtained from combustibles released as a result of the processing of urban, industrial, agricultural, wood and forestry wastes, ethanol and biodiesel (Hatunoğlu, 2010). Hydrogen energy is an energy source obtained by utilising primary energy sources (water, biomass, fossil fuels), and is stored with compounds that it makes with minerals in nature and, due to combustion, is released into the atmosphere only in the form of water vapour (Tutar & Eren, 2011). Geothermal energy comes from natural hot water sources heated by the core at the centre of the earth and is an important energy source for tourism and greenhouse cultivation (Külekçi, 2009). Hydroelectric energy is the energy obtained by the conversion of kinetic energy created by the movement of water into electrical energy (Aksu, 2009). Wave energy is the energy obtained from the waves created by winds formed as a result of different warming of the oceans, seas and land masses on the earth. Wind speed and wave size determine the amount of energy obtained (Gülsaç, 2009). As can be seen, renewable energy sources depend either directly or i...

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

The Correlation Between Renewable Energy Knowledge and Attitude: A Structural Equation Model With Future’s Educators

Genç

Akilli

2019

JBSE

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Although countries and governments have determined investments and policies related to RE sources, the use of these energy resources is related to the public's adoption of RE sources. As with many innovations, factors such as the public's knowledge levels regarding the innovations, social acceptance, attitudes, intentions and risk perceptions are seen to be directly related to the use of renewable energy (Devine-Wright, 2007;Güven & Sülün, 2017;Halder, Pietarinen, Havu-Nuutinen, Pöllänen, & Pelkonen, 2016).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In this context, while on the one hand, investment and policies are being determined, on the other hand, revealing and examining the factors that affect public use will give clues to policymakers. For example, when examining the studies related to RE sources, it is seen that factors such as the attitudes (Kaldellis, Kapsali & Katsanou, 2012;Upreti & van der Horst, 2004;Zyadin, Puhakka, Ahponen, Cronberg, & Pelkonen, 2012), awareness and ideas (Altuntaş & Turan, 2018;Kılınç, Stanisstreet & Boyes, 2009), knowledge levels (Güven & Sülün, 2017) and beliefs (Bang et al, 2000;Halder et al, 2016) of individuals affect the use of RE sources. It can be said that all these factors are examined together and that there is no widely accepted psychological model (L'Orange Seigo, Dohle & Siegrist, 2016).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Preservice Teachers’ Knowledge Levels, Risk Perceptions and Intentions to Use Renewable Energy: A Structural Equation Model

Demirbağ¹,

Yılmaz²

2020

Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Computational Analysis and Experimental Investigation of the Performance of an Evacuated Tube Solar Air Heater Incorporating Therminol‐55 as a Thermal Energy Storage Medium

Mathew,

Mandhare

2024

Heat Trans

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The evacuated tube solar air heaters (ETSAHs) are gaining popularity today because of their reduced heat loss capability. A performance evaluation of the evacuated tube solar collector (ETSC) using a thermal energy storage (TES) facility was carried out during the study. A new heat pipe (HP) system with a TES unit directly integrated into it was used in the study along with ETSAH. The novel HP system directly stores the thermal energy and is capable of heating the air uniformly from all directions. Therminol‐55 (T‐55) was the sensible heat storage material integrated inside a common condenser HP system. The solar collector's performance was evaluated at air flow rates ranging from 0.003 to 0.02 kg/s. The HP and T‐55 exhibited a maximum temperature of 121°C and 127°C. The highest temperature of the air leaving ETSAH‐TES was 128°C. ETSAH‐TES delivered hot air over 100°C continuously for 7 h. The results depict that even when solar energy was erratic, the HP developed in this research supplied a continuous hot air flow. The average energy and exergy efficiency achieved was 37.87% and 2.8%, respectively. T‐55 can store a maximum of 1920 kJ of energy. With a standard deviation ranging from 0.2% to 1.87%, the ETSC‐TES numerical analysis is in excellent agreement with experimental results.

show abstract

Pre-service teachers' knowledge and awareness about renewable energy

Cited by 66 publications

References 37 publications

The Correlation Between Renewable Energy Knowledge and Attitude: A Structural Equation Model With Future’s Educators

The Correlation Between Renewable Energy Knowledge and Attitude: A Structural Equation Model With Future’s Educators

Preservice Teachers’ Knowledge Levels, Risk Perceptions and Intentions to Use Renewable Energy: A Structural Equation Model

Computational Analysis and Experimental Investigation of the Performance of an Evacuated Tube Solar Air Heater Incorporating Therminol‐55 as a Thermal Energy Storage Medium

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About