Teacher Educators: A Bibliometric Mapping of an Emerging Research Area

Hangül T., Özmantar M. F., Agaç G.

AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF TEACHER EDUCATION, cilt.47, sa.10, ss.39-58, 2022 (ESCI)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 47 Sayı: 10
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.14221/ajte.2022v47n10.3
  • Dergi Adı: AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF TEACHER EDUCATION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Educational research abstracts (ERA), ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.39-58
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

There has been increasing research attention on teacher educators in recent years; however, the dynamics of this research area have not been examined through bibliometric analysis of the relevant studies. This study aimed to perform a systematic mapping of the trends in research studies on teacher educators through the bibliometric data obtained from the Web of Science database. The bibliometric analysis led to four substantial findings: (1) research on teacher educators is an emerging field of educational studies that have experienced a progressive increase since the 2000s; (2) scientific publications in this field are produced by a small group of researchers from the USA, Australia, Canada, several European, and few Asian countries through collaborative research networks; (3) research on teacher educators is primarily spread in general teacher education journals; (4) the main topics regarding teacher educator research area are: professional development, professional identity, works, and practices.