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Application of multi-criteria decision-making in STEAM teaching in design innovation at the university
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Department of Commercial Design and Management, National Taipei University of Business, Taipei City, TAIWAN
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Department of Creative Product Design, Asia University, Taichung, TAIWAN
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Department of Business Administration, Asia University, Taichung, TAIWAN
Online publication date: 2024-11-26
Publication date: 2024-12-01
EURASIA J. Math., Sci Tech. Ed 2024;20(12):em2539
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STEAM education cultivated implementation, invention, and innovation, and advocated the
educational principles of “cross-domain, implementation, application, problem-solving, and five-sense learning.” In this study, teachers’ acceptance and satisfaction with STEAM teaching were
explored using the fuzzy analytical hierarchy process by determining the weight of criteria that
teachers valued. 80 teachers participated in the questionnaire survey. The collected responses
were analyzed using the multi-criteria decision-making and problem-solving method to make
reasonable solutions to complex problems of STEAM teaching. The result showed that teachers’
acceptance and satisfaction were most important in implementing STEAM education. At the same
time, teachers need to improve their professionalism and capabilities in STEAM courses to
improve students’ design and innovation literacy. In addition, learning needs to be integrated into
the curriculum and sufficient time needs to be provided for smooth promotion. When teachers
were satisfied with the integrated STEAM education, the students’ improvement in design
innovation literacy and learning results were observed in this study. Experience and background
knowledge affect effectiveness in teaching and learning. Also, “ease of learning and acceptance”
and “ease of integration into teaching” were found to be important criteria for teachers to improve
professionalism, increase the investment of their resources in teaching, and overcome the
difficulties of learning. To enhance the professionalism of teachers, appropriate knowledge and
curriculum reform is demanded through the interdisciplinary education of STEAM courses.
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