Energy statistics and the role of nuclear energy in Taiwan

A Pilot Study to Incorporate Collaboration and Energy Competency into an Engineering Ethics Course

“…The Ministry of Science and Technology has conducted important and ongoing research in the energy fields of science, technology, society, and communication. Many research cases are being produced every year [21,22]. The Ministry of Education has also widely implemented energy-related practice in the education system.…”

“…Meanwhile, energy is the driving force for human civilization and a complex subject that integrates many science, technology, and social fields as a candidate platform to train and evaluate the competencies of students [15]. Energy literacy has been applied to the educational systems of elementary, high school [16], and post-secondary education worldwide [17,18] and in Taiwan [19][20][21][22][23]. Although the government has heavily invested in university research funding, most of the research cases are aimed at promoting energy education for the general public and assisting in the implementation of energy transformations with the purpose of risk communication.…”