Key themes in art education research: A bibliometric review
Abstract
Research in art education is a specialised field situated at the intersection between issues around the visual arts and educational issues, which in turn constitutes a heterogeneous space that needs to be addressed by academia. For this reason, the present paper conducts a bibliometric analysis of the international scientific output on “Art Education” in the Web Of Science Core Collection (WOS) database between the years 1900-2024. Bibliometric techniques are applied to determine the global production and the dimensions along which terms are distributed and the conceptual structure of the research field. As regards the results, the analysis of the conceptual structure of art education defines two areas; the first relates to teaching-learning processes, and the second to therapeutic, social intervention and community processes. This research leads us to conclude that, globally speaking, Art Education has consolidated itself as a well-defined research community, with shared themes and lines of research.
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