Developing an Innovative Educational Program for Energy Saving and Carbon Reduction: An Elementary School Example

Abstract In the education systems of human beings, the elementary education is the crucial stage for forming knowledge, attitudes, and behavior. Thus, the elementary stages of carbon reduction education will have considerable success to reduction of carbon emissions for saving the planet. In this research, the elementary school students will be taught by the teaching of energy literacy, guiding of replaced energy, developing concepts of the energy from livings, and presenting ideas. By doing so, both teacher and students will propose teaching aids modules of carbon reduction at end. This study will propose the concepts of energy-saving reduction in the innovative course through interaction between teachers and students. These concepts will be derived from existing teaching aids and energy saving productions in daily life. This research, therefore, will propose the structure of save energy and reduce carbon program, and also demonstrate some innovative concepts of students’ works from this program.