ABSTRACT

This study aimed to identify trends and foundations of creativity research in education using the Structural Topic Model (STM). First, English-language journal articles about creativity research in education included in the Social Science Citation Index and Science Citation Index Expanded databases were selected. Then, considering semantic cohesiveness and exclusivity of words to topics, the articles were divided into twelve topics using STM. Topic 2, which attracted increasing research interest, was selected using a method similar to standard regression analysis. The changing focus of Topic 2 was identified through an analysis of its research contents. Finally, the foundations of creativity research in education across three periods (1990–1999, 2000–2009, and 2010–2019) were obtained through a review of their 10 most highly cited papers. The conclusions are that a) there are twelve topics of creativity research in education; b) research about the creative process of engineering design in STEM education is likely to attract further interest in the future; and c) highly cited papers are mainly concerned about the mechanisms underlying idea generation and personality and social factors. Studies of the mechanisms underlying idea generation have been the foundation of creativity research throughout all time periods studied.

摘要

这项研究旨在使用结构主题模型（STM）来识别教育中创造性研究的趋势和基础。首先，选择了《社会科学引文索引》和《科学引文索引扩展数据库》中有关教育创新研究的英文期刊文章。然后，考虑到单词对主题的语义衔接性和排他性，使用STM将文章分为12个主题。使用与标准回归分析类似的方法选择了话题2，引起了越来越多的研究兴趣。通过对主题2的研究内容进行分析，确定了主题2不断变化的重点。最后，通过回顾其10篇被引用最多的论文，获得了三个时期（1990–1999、2000–2009和2010–2019）教育创新研究的基础。结论是：a）教育中有十二个研究创造力的主题；b）关于STEM教育中工程设计的创新过程的研究可能会在将来引起更多兴趣；c）被高引用的论文主要关注思想产生，人格和社会因素的机制。在整个研究期间内，对产生思想基础的机制的研究一直是创造力研究的基础。