Παράγοντες που επηρεάζουν τις διδακτικές επιλογές του εκπαιδευτικού σε σχέση με ζητήματα της τοπικής κοινότητας: η περίπτωση των εκπαιδευτικών δράσεων για τις ΑΠΕ

Abstract

Situated in the field of Environmental Education, this study aims to investigate the factors thatinfluence teachers‟ motivation to choose Renewable Energy Sources (RES) as a school programtopic. Emphasis was attributed to the psychological factors (teachers‟ beliefs regarding RES),cognitive factors (teachers‟ perception on their ability to teach an RES school program) andsocial factors (teachers‟ perceptions on how local community and school environment positionthemselves towards RES). The research was based both on qualitative data (from 38 semistructured interviews) and quantitative data using an 130 items originally constructedquestionnaire based on the Planned Behavior Model (Ajzen, 1991). The sample consists on 38 interviewed teachers and 454 teachers who fulfilled the questionnaire. All teachers were servingin Secondary Education schools of Dodecanese Prefecture, during the data collecting phase.Qualitative research showed that teachers‟ beliefs regarding both local RES development andRES school programs are very positive, that teachers perceive their ability to teach RES schoolprograms as mediocre and that they perceive local community‟s attitudes towards RES asnegative. Quantitative research showed that teachers‟ perception on their ability to teach RESprograms and local community‟s attitudes towards RES influence significantly teachers‟motivation to choose RES as a school program topic.