Educational methods in academic e-learning within sustainable development education – according to opinions from teachers of economic universities of the Silesian province Cover Image

Metody kształcenia w e-learningu akademickim w edukacji zrównoważonego rozwoju
Educational methods in academic e-learning within sustainable development education – according to opinions from teachers of economic universities of the Silesian province

Author(s): Wioletta Sołtysiak
Subject(s): Higher Education , Evaluation research, Social development, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Uniwersytet Jana Długosza w Częstochowie
Keywords: Sustainable Development Education; e-learning; education methods; educational effectiveness;

Summary/Abstract: Purpose of the article is to recognize the degree, which the academic e-learning education methods are employed to, and their correspondence to education effectiveness, in relation to recommendations included in the Sustainable Development Education document. Results of research over teachers’ opinions were adopted in the article, gathered during survey questionnaire at universities with economic majors in the Silesian province. The first stage of deliberations referred to the e-learning role and educational methods recommended for the Sustainable Development Education. In this context, the notion of Education for Sustainable Development was extended in order to explain the purposefulness of the raised topic, i.e. the weight of educational methods for effectiveness of teaching – learning. what is more, there was the e-learning and method defined. The methods which underwent the analysis in the e-learning field were listed and briefly characterized. The deliberations referred to the problem of educational effectiveness: there was an attempt to define the notion and analyze the interdependence of methods and effectiveness of teaching. As a result, there were the methods observed that are preferred by teachers as regards frequency and correlation with effectiveness of education.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 9
  • Page Range: 163-182
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish