As a Brilliant Club Scholar Programme tutor, I started to deliver university-style lectures on how to save energy at homes to KS4/5 pupils with underprivileged background since 2023. I appreciate the opportunity to contribute and be part of pupils’ progress in their understanding of this subject and try to engage them in a range of learning activities. It is essential for pupils to understand climate change and the importance of energy efficiency at homes and grow up to be adults who positively contribute to the zero-carbon future.

This paper aimed to explore an effective approach to engage and prepare school pupils in learning and research in areas of national importance. It introduced how backward planning, an approach for curriculum design put forward by Wiggins and McTighe, was applied in the course design to ensure the achievement of the learning outcomes. It also reflected on how the ABC model, based on the pedagogic theory of Professor Diana Laurillard’s Conversational Framework, was used to design learning activities that effectively engage pupils and scaffold their learning. Then, the delivery of the Save Energy at Homes course in four comprehensive schools in Wales was used as a case study. Finally, good practices and challenges, from effective feedback to co-designing the course with pupils, were discussed and concluded.

Authors:
Shan Shan Hou, Cardiff University, United Kingdom

About the Presenter(s)
Dr Shan Shan Hou is a University Postdoctoral Fellow or Instructor at Cardiff University in United Kingdom

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