Scientific Performance and Mapping of the Term STEM in Education on the Web of Science
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Hinojo Lucena, Francisco Javier; Dúo Terrón, Pablo; Ramos Navas-Parejo, Magdalena; Rodríguez Jiménez, Carmen; Moreno Guerrero, Antonio JoséEditorial
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Bibliometric analysis Scientific mapping Web of Science Education Co-words
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2020-03-14Referencia bibliográfica
Hinojo-Lucena, F. J., Dúo-Terrón, P., Ramos Navas-Parejo, M., Rodríguez-Jiménez, C., & Moreno-Guerrero, A. J. (2020). Scientific Performance and Mapping of the Term STEM in Education on the Web of Science. Sustainability, 12(6), 2279.
Abstract
Technological progress is causing terms such as “STEM”, an acronym for Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics, to burst into the educational arena, marking a new era in the application
of innovative and motivating teaching and learning processes. The objective of this research is to
analyze the trajectory and the transcendence of the “STEM” concept in the educational field, having as
reference the reported literature of Web of Science. The methodology applied in this research is based
on bibliometrics, analyzing both the performance and the structural and dynamic development of the
concept through a co-word analysis. The total number of documents analyzed is 4390. The results
show that the scientific community mainly uses English and research papers to present their results.
From 2015 onwards, the main lines of research are beginning to be established, which focus on
“women” and “science”. It can be concluded that the term “STEM” in education is beginning to have
a greater incidence and impact on the processes of teaching and learning, especially in the field of
science, although there are currently discrepancies between men and women in its use.