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Embed climate-focused energy awareness in every step of your educational program with this unique guide to specifying, designing, implementing, and evaluating educational energy initiatives. Discover how to design programs for different learner groups, and keep learners engaged; develop energy-focused project-based hands-on experiential teaching approaches; champion professional development; embed systems, modelling, and computational analysis within curricula; and address issues in justice and equity. This uniquely interdisciplinary approach spans engineering, the physical sciences, and the social sciences, supporting instructors in delivering programs that feed global demand for energy-related climate education, while highlighting ways to avoid the pitfalls of engineering-only energy programs. Ideal for academics involved in teaching and developing undergraduate and graduate courses in energy, academic educational program managers, and professionals in energy-related early career onboarding, this is your key to unlock an empowered energy-transition workforce.
About the author
Valentini Pappa is the Program Director of New Academic Initiatives at Georgetown University at Qatar and her focus is on development of new programs, energy workforce development, energy education of the future, and global energy futures. She is a US Department of Energy Clean Energy, Education and Empowerment (C3E) Ambassador.Antje Danielson is the Director of Education at the MIT Energy Initiative. She is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Global Council for Science and the Environment, and former President of the US Council for Environmental Deans and Directors. She is a co-founder of car-sharing company Zipcar.Aaron S. Weber is a writer, editor, and marketing communications strategist spanning healthcare, finance, housing, and environmental policy.
