Prioritizing Elements of Science Education for Sustainable Development with the MCDA-FDEMATEL Method Using the Flipped E-Learning Scheme

Jin Su Jeong, David González-Gómez and Florentina Cañada-Cañada
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Jin Su Jeong: Departamento de Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales y Matemáticas, Universidad de Extremadura, 10004 Cáceres, Spain
David González-Gómez: Departamento de Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales y Matemáticas, Universidad de Extremadura, 10004 Cáceres, Spain
Florentina Cañada-Cañada: Departamento de Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales y Matemáticas, Universidad de Extremadura, 10004 Cáceres, Spain

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 11, 1-14

Abstract: Selecting and ordering components for sustainable science education is a critical issue, which is presently obtaining increased attention because of being at an early stage and scarce application in higher education. Though the flipped e-learning scheme is one of the novel information and communication technologies (ICTs), it can be of great relevance in a long-term learning program for various sustainable science education criteria. This research presents an approach to identify and analyze elements for science education for sustainable development with multi-criteria decision analysis-fuzzy decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (MCDA-FDEMATEL) method by flipped e-learning system. With the method proposed, the main elements are collected as science-education, sustainable-development, technology-infrastructure and flipped-e-learning elements. The final results’ analyses with sixteen sub-elements are assessed with weighted linear combination (WLC) and sensitivity-analysis (I to VI implementations) in the context of the MCDA-FDEMATEL method. The most important element and sub-element for science education for sustainable development through flipped e-learning teaching are sustainable-development (as an element), VI implementation with 0.540 weight, and environmental contents (as a sub-element) with 0.570 weight. Consequently, this proposed approach could be used in different studies to validate the most important aspects of science education for sustainable development through flipped e-learning teaching elements and sub-elements with equivalent and comparable education settings.

Keywords: sustainability; science education; flipped classroom; MCDA-FDEMATEL; e-learning program; sensitivity-analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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