Addressing the Climate Emergency with Educational Approaches: A Bibliometric Analysis of Climate Change Education Scholarship

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Title: Addressing the Climate Emergency with Educational Approaches: A Bibliometric Analysis of Climate Change Education Scholarship
Language: English
Authors: Chia-Yu Wang (ORCID 0000-0002-9907-3132), Yu-Chi Tseng (ORCID 0000-0002-7942-5559), Shu-Sheng Lin (ORCID 0000-0001-5403-9558), Shu-Chiu Liu (ORCID 0000-0002-9613-7452), Alan Reid (ORCID 0000-0002-2954-6424), Martha C. Monroe (ORCID 0000-0003-3080-5101)
Source: Environmental Education Research. 2024 30(11):1885-1912.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 28
Publication Date: 2024
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Climate, Environmental Education, Educational Research, Scientific Research, Journal Articles, Trend Analysis, Cognitive Structures, Epistemology, Productivity, Foreign Countries, Citation Analysis, Scientific Literacy, Critical Reading, Information Processing
Geographic Terms: United States, Australia, Canada, United Kingdom (England), Europe, Asia
DOI: 10.1080/13504622.2024.2386443
ISSN: 1350-4622
1469-5871
Abstract: This study uses bibliometric techniques to explore the international knowledge base on climate change education (CCE), which considers education as crucial for addressing the climate emergency through fostering climate-literate citizens. Analyzing two decades of scientific literature on CCE, we identify evolving considerations, foci, trends, and recommendations, examining a total of 1,264 articles published between 2000 and 2022 in educational-related fields in Web of Science. Using bibliometric techniques, we assessed research trends, author co-citations and journal citations to reveal an evolving publication landscape, including shifts in locations of productive researchers, influential articles, and leading journals publishing CCE studies. Bibliometric techniques help to identify the intellectual knowledge structure and inter-journal referencing, encompassing Theoretical Basis of CCE, Psychology of CCE and Communication, Climate Change within Socioscientific Issues, Conceptions of Climate Change, and Epistemology in CCE. Based on the trends, association networks, limitations and gaps revealed by this analysis, we conclude with suggestions for future research.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2024
Accession Number: EJ1445494
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This study uses bibliometric techniques to explore the international knowledge base on climate change education (CCE), which considers education as crucial for addressing the climate emergency through fostering climate-literate citizens. Analyzing two decades of scientific literature on CCE, we identify evolving considerations, foci, trends, and recommendations, examining a total of 1,264 articles published between 2000 and 2022 in educational-related fields in Web of Science. Using bibliometric techniques, we assessed research trends, author co-citations and journal citations to reveal an evolving publication landscape, including shifts in locations of productive researchers, influential articles, and leading journals publishing CCE studies. Bibliometric techniques help to identify the intellectual knowledge structure and inter-journal referencing, encompassing Theoretical Basis of CCE, Psychology of CCE and Communication, Climate Change within Socioscientific Issues, Conceptions of Climate Change, and Epistemology in CCE. Based on the trends, association networks, limitations and gaps revealed by this analysis, we conclude with suggestions for future research.
ISSN:1350-4622
1469-5871
DOI:10.1080/13504622.2024.2386443