The Bibliometrics and Visualization Analysis on the Research of Maker Education based on Internet Plus in China

Abstract

"Maker" is closely related to "mass entrepreneurship and innovation" and refers to people who have innovative ideas and start their own businesses. In this context, Chinese domestic researchers have begun to carry out many researches on maker education in the context of internet plus, and have achieved fruitful results. To reveal the research status of maker education based on internet plus in China, 208 related papers from National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) were analyzed by bibliometrics and visualization analysis. The results showed that: (1) the research of maker education based on internet plus in China started since 2015, and showed a trend of rapid growth, with more than 10 articles published annually. Rongchuan HUANG, Jiangsu Normal University and Central China Normal University, China Educational Technology & Equipment topped the list of the contributing authors, organizations and source publication, respectively. (2) there were eight largest clusters in the area of intangible cultural heritage based on internet in China, which were "maker education", "internet plus, "internet plus era, "the teacher of maker", "innovation and entrepreneurship", "education of internet plus", "innovation ability", and "maker space". The evolution of the popular research trends followed the degree of integration between maker education and informatization and education governance and education service supply were the latest research trend, indicating that that future research needs to pay attention to this research topic.