Active Learning in an Environment of Innovative Training and Sustainability. Mapping of the Conceptual Structure of Research Fronts through a Bibliometric Analysis
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Three-Field Plot Analysis
3.2. Trending Topic Analysis
3.3. Keyword Co-Occurrence Analysis
Thematic Map Analysis
4. Discussion and Conclusions
4.1. Theoretical and Practical Implications
4.2. Findings of the Research
4.3. Limitations and Future Work
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Rodríguez-Sabiote, C.; Úbeda-Sánchez, Á.M.; Álvarez-Rodríguez, J.; Álvarez-Ferrándiz, D. Active Learning in an Environment of Innovative Training and Sustainability. Mapping of the Conceptual Structure of Research Fronts through a Bibliometric Analysis. Sustainability 2020, 12, 8012. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12198012
Rodríguez-Sabiote C, Úbeda-Sánchez ÁM, Álvarez-Rodríguez J, Álvarez-Ferrándiz D. Active Learning in an Environment of Innovative Training and Sustainability. Mapping of the Conceptual Structure of Research Fronts through a Bibliometric Analysis. Sustainability. 2020; 12(19):8012. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12198012
Chicago/Turabian StyleRodríguez-Sabiote, Clemente, Álvaro Manuel Úbeda-Sánchez, José Álvarez-Rodríguez, and Daniel Álvarez-Ferrándiz. 2020. "Active Learning in an Environment of Innovative Training and Sustainability. Mapping of the Conceptual Structure of Research Fronts through a Bibliometric Analysis" Sustainability 12, no. 19: 8012. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12198012