Abstract

Background

Emerging methodologies that apply and integrate science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) in education have appeared in recent years as a pedagogical alternative providing more holistic and attractive education.

Method

The research methodology used in this work is of a bibliometric nature. Specifically, an academic performance analysis and a co-word analysis has been carried out. The term STEAM was analyzed in the Web of Science (WoS) database. The WoS programs Analyze Results, Creation Citation Report, and SciMAT were used. A total of 1116 manuscripts were analyzed.

Results

The results show that studies in the field education of STEAM began in 2006 and have continued uninterruptedly up to the present day, although interest generated in the scientific community has been irregular.

Conclusions

It can be concluded that STEAM studies have not had an established and robust line of research over time, although it can be observed that the trends in this aspect are focused on the scientific branch of education. In addition, the topics of study on STEAM include points related to gender differences, the influence of STEAM on people of different races, the skills developed by students, and training teachers to implement teaching and learning processes with STEAM.

Details

Title
STEAM in education: a bibliometric analysis of performance and co-words in Web of Science
Author
Marín-Marín José-Antonio 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Moreno-Guerrero, Antonio-José 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Dúo-Terrón Pablo 3 ; López-Belmonte Jesús 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

1  University of Granada, Department of Didactics and School Organization, Granada, Spain (GRID:grid.4489.1) (ISNI:0000000121678994) 
2  University of Granada, Department of Didactics and School Organization, Ceuta, Spain (GRID:grid.4489.1) (ISNI:0000000121678994) 
3  Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, Ceuta, CEIP Principe Felipe, Ceuta, Spain (GRID:grid.4489.1) 
Publication year
2021
Publication date
Dec 2021
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
e-ISSN
21967822
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-021-00296-x
ProQuest document ID
2544992887
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2021. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.