Secondary school teachers' knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes toward renewable energy in jordan

Renewable Energy

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 341-348

  Zyadin, Anas ^a   Puhakka, Antero ^a   Ahponen, Pirkkoliisa ^a   Pelkonen, Paavo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Jordan; Renewable energy; School teachers

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDES; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS; JORDAN; PARTICIPATORY MODELING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SCHOOL TEACHERS;

CURRICULA; SURVEYS; TEACHING;

PERSONNEL TRAINING;

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY USE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SECONDARY EDUCATION; TEACHING;

JORDAN;

EID: 84882998481     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.07.033     Document Type: Article

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