Open AccessIdentifying Research Trends for Technology Use in Pre-School Curricula through Content and Bibliometric Analysis Methods
Author(s) -
Çiğdem Hürsen
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
postmodern openings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2069-9387
pISSN - 2068-0236
DOI - 10.18662/po/12.4/361
Subject(s) - content analysis , curriculum , stakeholder , bibliometrics , web of science , library science , sample (material) , psychology , medical education , sociology , social science , political science , medline , computer science , medicine , public relations , pedagogy , chemistry , chromatography , law
The aim of this study is to identify research trends for technology use in pre-school curricula. Research trends were analysed by employing content and bibliometric analysis methods. A total of 3,302 articles indexed by Web of Science between 1975 and 2020 were analysed using bibliometric mapping analysis and a total of 31 studies indexed by Web of Science between 2016-2020 were analysed using content analysis. The results obtained from the study reveal that the effect of technology is examined in different fields and with different stakeholder groups. It is identified that qualitative methods, interview/focus group interview forms, articles as document types and pre-school teachers among other sample groups were preferred more frequently. The country with the highest number of citations is identified as the United States of America and the organisation with the highest number of citations is identified as University of Virginia. It is recommended that researchers design their studies by following the trends in the field and conduct studies that address the gaps in the field.