A Study on Mapping Knowledge Domains of Education Economics in China: Theory, Methods and Analysis

Over the last 30 years, Education Econmics(EE)in China was reviewed and summarized mainly depending on the personal subjective experiences and simple statistics. As a result,it is hard to objectively describe the development of EE in China. This book, therefore, provides a new visual method for Mapping Knowledge Domains (MKD), replaces vague literal description with accurate quantitative analysis to reveal the development of EE in China, transfers the mass documents in the field of EE in China to visual graphs and draws the MKD of EE in China from various angles. This is obviously better than the more traditional documents analysis that most scholars currently use. Four separate,distinctly different MKD within virtual graph are analyzed objectively are better for people to precisely grasp the history and future trend of EE in China. MKD should offer a macro and objectively perspective for scholars to analyze the overall situation of EE in China. And should be especiallyuseful to professionals in education and economy fields, or anyone else who may be considering utilizing MKD for analyzing the academic development of China.