Empowering schools as energy embassies in their neighborhood

Empowering schools as energy embassies in their neighborhood: An evaluative study of the effects andfactors of influence of the Action Research Program ’Schools as Energy Embassies in their Neighborhood’

van Gelder, Julie (TU Delft Technology, Policy and Management)

Hoppe, Thomas (mentor)
de Vries, Gerdien (graduation committee)
Enserink, Bert (graduation committee)

Delft University of Technology

Engineering and Policy Analysis

2019-09-25

A recent report on the future of education by the OECD (2018), noted that it is through education that we can prepare children to become active, responsible and engaged citizens that can make a contribution to a sustainable future. A new study performed by I&O Research (2018) found that two-third of citizens in the Netherlands thinks that the government should ensure sustainability to be more emphasized in education. But even though there is much speculation about the role that schools can or should play, only 4% of the primary schools in the Netherlands payed attention to sustainability in 2015 (Het Groene Brein, 2015). Also, not much systematic and empirical research has been performed in the Netherlands on what role schools can play in social innovation for more sustainable neighborhoods -that is to say, what contribution schools can make to a more sustainable neighborhood in interaction with the community.

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2020-02-28

Student theses

master thesis

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