Energy Literacy of Junior High School Students in Indonesia: A Preliminary Study
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.210326.088How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Energy education, Energy literacy, Junior high school students
- Abstract
Energy plays an essential role in the development of a country, including Indonesia, both in the social and economic sector and the quality of its citizen life. However, Indonesian still used energy in an ineffective way. One of the best ways to instill energy-saving behavior for citizens is by improving their energy literacy. This study aims to discover the initial energy literacy profile of junior high school students in Indonesia. The research design used was a quantitative descriptive design with an open survey method. The research was conducted online in October 2020. There were 184 students (95 males and 89 females) in 8th and 9th grades that chosen using simple random sampling technique with the snowball method. The data was collected using a modified energy literacy questionnaire. The results indicate that Indonesian junior high school students’ energy literacy belongs to moderate category, with a discouragingly low average cognitive domain score. This is because students are concerned about energy problems and their positive attitudes, but they apparently lack the required knowledge and skills to contribute toward energy-related issues. Therefore, it is necessary to develop learning method that is able to hone student’s energy literacy and synergize its domains, such as STEM-based learning.
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- © 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Musawwir Usman AU - Suyanta AU - Pujianto AU - Khoirul Huda PY - 2021 DA - 2021/03/28 TI - Energy Literacy of Junior High School Students in Indonesia: A Preliminary Study BT - Proceedings of the 6th International Seminar on Science Education (ISSE 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 609 EP - 614 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210326.088 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.210326.088 ID - Usman2021 ER -