Determination of Components of the Integration of the Content of the Interdisciplinary Curriculum of Sustainable Development of the Environment for Higher Education in Agriculture Using the of TOPSIS and Fuzzy ANP

Koochekian, Hora; Hejazi, Seyed Yousef; Rezaei, Abdolmotalleb; Pishbin, Seyed Ahmad Reza

doi:10.30473/ee.2020.6761

Determination of Components of the Integration of the Content of the Interdisciplinary Curriculum of Sustainable Development of the Environment for Higher Education in Agriculture Using the of TOPSIS and Fuzzy ANP

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ Ph.D. Student of Agricultural Extension and Education Department, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

² Professor of Agricultural Extension and Education, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

10.30473/ee.2020.6761

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify and prioritize a set of influential components of interdisciplinary integration of sustainable environmental education in agricultural higher education. Based on previous studies and research, two basic and 35 internal components were obtained. These components were prioritized and validated based on the viewpoints of faculty members and experts in the field of natural resources and environmental agriculture using multi-criteria decision-making methods TOPSIS and fuzzy ANP. After analyzing the data, considering the final weight obtained in the section "Relationship between Sustainable Environment Development and Higher Education in Agriculture, Components: Concepts of Soil Resource Conservation, Land Reclamation, and Land Regulation, Increasing Productivity and Factors and Production resources in the agricultural sector ranked first to third, respectively, and in the second part, the indicator of "Comprehensiveness and Comprehensive Content of the Agricultural Curriculum in Integration with Environmental Sustainability Concepts" was identified with an importance rating of 0.262. Research has shown that the repetition of some concepts in the content area is an important factor in the interdisciplinary integration of education.

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