From knowledge to action: Innovative teaching approaches for energy education at school

This article examines the importance of energy education in schools, in a context of global environmental challenges and the need to shape citizens with environmental awareness and capacity for action. Education for sustainable development is not limited to the transmission of information about energy, but aims at transformative learning, which enhances critical thinking, collaboration and participatory decision-making. The article analyzes the theoretical foundations of environmental and energy education and presents in detail innovative teaching approaches that can be applied in the school environment. Project methods, problem solving, experimental teaching, concept mapping, field study, storytelling, storyline and educational drama are utilized to connect knowledge with students’ everyday experience and encourage them to develop skills of investigation and responsible action. Finally, the need to integrate the above approaches into an overall sustainable school framework is underlined, where energy education becomes an element of the school culture and the local community.