| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立宜蘭大學 === 機械與機電工程學系碩士班 === 102 === Environmental energy education has been an unignorable issue of significance in the modern world where the conflicts among energy, environment, and ecosystem have been intensifying as well. However, the courses related to bioenergy have not been included adequately in the present energy curriculum of science and technology in junior high school. Therefore, the study aims to find out junior high school students’ knowledge of and attitudes toward energy-related issues, and their acceptance and learning efficiency of bioenergy-related courses that are integrated into the present energy curriculum of science and technology in junior high school. The study is conducted in compliance with pre-experimental design to survey the students of Kaisyuan junior high school in Yi-lan county on the feasibility of the integration of bioenergy courses into the present energy curriculum of science and technology in junior high school.
The study bases on a literature review, bioenergy courses co-designed by the teachers of science and technology, and A Questionnaire on the Knowledge of and Attitudes toward the Integration of Bioenergy Courses into the Present Energy Curriculum of Science and Technology in Junior High School. Two classes of 9th graders in Kaisyuan junior high school are surveyed before taking the courses and afterward. For data analysis and discussion, a few statistical methods are applied as follows: means, standard deviation, t-test, one-way analysis of variance and Pearson correlation.
The conclusions drawn from statistic findings are listed as follows.
1.The integration of bioenergy courses into the present energy curriculum of science and technology for 9th graders in junior high school is feasible.
2.Junior high school graduates’ knowledge of energy is above the basic level (average score: 60).
3.Junior high school undergraduates’ attitudes toward energy are positive (average score: 3.4).
4.The surveyed high learning performance students’ knowledge of energy differs significantly from the low learning performance students’ (p<0.01).
5.Bioenergy courses have positive influence on Kaisyuan junior high school students’ knowledge of and attitudes towards energy.
The findings and conclusions from the study are applicable to small schools of classes fewer than 18, whose students are from similar backgrounds (partly from the country and partly the downtown). The bioenergy courses shall be continued and developed with the integration of MFC (Microbial Fuel Cell) module in the future.
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