NDLI: International Survey on Bioenergy Knowledge, Perceptions, and Attitudes Among Young Citizens

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Author	Halder, Pradipta Prokop, Pavol Chang, Chun Yen Usak, Muhammet Pietarinen, Janne Havu Nuutinen, Sari Pelkonen, Paavo Cakir, Mustafa
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	The present study with an international perspective, investigated the state of knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes among young students toward bioenergy in Finland, Slovakia, Taiwan, and Turkey. A total of 1,903 students with an average age of 15 years from 19 rural and urban schools participated in this study. The study found statistically significant differences in students’ bioenergy knowledge with respect to the countries. Only a small percentage of the students in each country were able to demonstrate a high level of bioenergy knowledge. In overall, the gender and rural–urban differences did not play a significant role in determining students’ level of bioenergy knowledge. The students appeared to be very critical of bioenergy and especially of the issues related to bioenergy production from forests. They demonstrated positive attitudes in terms of their willingness to learn about bioenergy and its use in their daily life. The study found statistically significant effects of gender and locality on students’ perceptions of bioenergy. Most knowledgeable students in bioenergy appeared to be most critical in their perceptions and attitudes toward bioenergy. The principal component analysis revealed three distinct dimensions of students’ perceptions and attitudes toward bioenergy viz., “motivation”, “critical”, and “practical”. A broader societal support is needed for the introduction of bioenergy in many countries and young generation’s positive attitudes to this matter is certainly important for people who will create policies in this area. More efforts are needed to support young students so that they understand the multi-dimensional issues related to bioenergy by allowing them to have practical experiences with bioenergy.
Starting Page	247
Ending Page	261
Page Count	15
File Format	PDF
ISSN	19391234
Journal	BioEnergy Research
Volume Number	5
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	19391242
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2011-04-17
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Bioenergy Knowledge Perceptions Attitudes Young citizens Wood Science & Technology Plant Sciences Plant Genetics & Genomics Plant Ecology Plant Breeding/Biotechnology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment Agronomy and Crop Science

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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