A Comparative Study Of Educational Technology Research Fields And Trends In China And Japan Based On Co-keyword Statistic

With the advancement of the digital age,information technology has become more and more widely integrated into education.Digital teaching equipment and instruments have become an indispensable part of modern education.Therefore,educational technology,with its characteristics of integration and efficiency,it has also gained more and more recognition from all walks of life.However,China is experiencing a series of problems and more challenges in the rapid development of educational technology.Thus,we need to learn "how to cross the river by touching the stones",additionally,absorb the excellent experience of other countries is also needed.After all,"Stones form other hills may serve to polish the jade of this one." However,in the process of learning from the advantages of other countries,attention has focused on the United States and European countries.There is not much research on Japanese educational technology with geographical proximity and historical and cultural connectivity.Therefore,the author believes that through systematic comparative research in the field of educational technology research between China and Japan,and drawing on their excellent development experience,it will help promote the development of educational technology in China.Co-keyword statistic,as a content analysis technique to find hot topics in research,is widely used to explore the development of the curriculum.We uses the method of co-word analysis to make a comparative analysis of Chinese and Japanese educational technology literature from January 2014 to January 2019.Among them,CNKI as the Chinese retrieval platform to conduct co-keyword statistic on the authors’ institutions and keywords included in the core representative journals of educational technology-"China Educational Technology" and "Electrification Education Research".CINII(Database operated by the National Intelligence Research Institute of Japan)as a Japanese retrieval platform,and the authors and keywords of the literature authors included in the "Essays of the Institute of Educational Engineering"-the only academic journal of Japanese Educational Engineering.The keywords in the two countries were analysis by software such as BICOMB,SPSS,UCINET to obtain clustering,co-word atlas,and social network.Thus,we can draw the current research fields of educational technology research scholars of the two countries,the current research hotspots and changes in the two countries,and analyze the reasons behind the development differences between the two countries,so as to enlighten the development of Chinese educational technology.Based on the comparative analysis of the representative scholars and institutions of the two countries,it is proposed that China should strengthen academic exchanges and cooperation with schools in different regions,The discipline of educational technology in China should focus on solving practical problems such as classroom teaching,strengthening cooperation between the government and schools and enterprises,and promoting industry-university-research collaboration.China should should recruit professional talents in various disciplines to promote the development of interdisciplinary.Furthermore,systematic comparative analysis of the representative literature of the two countries were carried out,the field of education technology research in China is divided into seven research fields,and the field of Japanese education engineering is divided into six research fields.In terms of future development trends,Chinese education technology is divided into six trends,and Japanese education technology is divided into six trends.Through comparison,it is proposed to strengthen the training of ICT ability of primary and secondary school teachers in China,focus on students’ mental health and information moral education,strengthen school-enterprise cooperation,promote the combination of production,learning and research,promote personalized learning,and achieve "people-oriented" and focus on college teacher information educate and admit talents,be practical-oriented,promote multidisciplinary integration,and increase investment in educational technology in China.