Understanding the landscape of education for sustainable development in China

A bibliometric review and trend analysis of multicluster topics(1998–2023)

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ID22235844
AuthorsWeiqi Tian (0000-0002-6913-2461, Xinjiang Agricultural University), Jingshen Ge (0000-0002-0621-1277, Ocean University of China, corresponding author), Zheng Xu (0009-0009-5264-2818, Ocean University of China), Xu Zheng (0000-0001-6437-2397), Yu Zhao (0000-0001-9446-644X), Yuliang Zhao (0000-0001-6760-5272, Xinjiang Agricultural University), Tingliang Deng (Xinjiang Agricultural University), Huijun Yan (0000-0001-9966-2781, Ocean University of China)
Year2024
Volume11
Issue1
Publication date2024-09-15
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHumanities and Social Sciences Communications (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2662-9992 • E-ISSN: 2662-9992
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/s41599-024-03713-y
OpenAlexW4402553019
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited34

This study examined Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in China spanning over two decades(1998–2023). Assisted with text mining tool of Itginsight, by combining latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) modeling with social network analysis(SNA) and sentiment analysis, this study constructed a visualized analysis of the research status of ESD and explores the topics distribution and sentiment trends of Chinese scholars regarding ESD. The analysis shows that studies concerning ESD are displaying a “trending-declining” tendency with ample space for greater expansion. Existing researches have predominantly exhibited a predilection towards objectives, ideologies, methodologies, and themes concerning ESD. After further modeling, mapping multicluster topics, and conducting sentiment analysis on highly cited literature, it is found the focus of this discipline lies more on environmental education from different aspects, and an overriding sense of positivity concerning the inherent potential of ESD to drive transformative societal change is found. Despite the intricacies of various research themes, the scholarly consensus is that ESD represents a vital and indispensable means of addressing the pressing environmental and social challenges of our epoch, which should be optimized both theoretically and practically

Archaeology · Bibliometrics · China · Geography · Library science · Political science · Regional science · Sustainable development · Computer Science · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Sustainability in Higher Education

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