A Computer Game Designed for Helping Kids to Make Informed Energy Decision

DOI

10.2991/icacsei.2013.101How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Education, Computer Game, Energy Decision

Abstract

Education has very good role to make a good civilian. Current global issues such as climate change, energy crisis, and environmental sustainability highlight the need to energy education. Without a basic understanding of energy, people cannot make informed decisions on topics ranging from energy use at home to national energy policy. People with energy literacy can understand the nature and role of energy in the world and in our lives. They will also know how much energy he or she uses, for what purpose, and where the energy comes from. The task of this study was to draw out the responsibility of kids to energy use and to teach them energy literacy by using the simulation of computer game. This computer game removed the obstacle in front of realizing energy topics and made kids’ participating the learning of energy issues active. Through a teaching test at Hualien Zhong Zheng elementary school, kids who ever experienced this computer game were more patient with all points of view. Eventually they will apply this understanding to make informed energy decisions.

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© 2013, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Chung Chen Jeng
AU  - Cheng Yeh Shin
AU  - Wen Chen Ho
AU  - Chen Han
PY  - 2013/08
DA  - 2013/08
TI  - A Computer Game Designed for Helping Kids to Make Informed Energy Decision
BT  - Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Advanced Computer Science and Electronics Information (ICACSEI 2013)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 403
EP  - 407
SN  - 1951-6851
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icacsei.2013.101
DO  - 10.2991/icacsei.2013.101
ID  - Jeng2013/08
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