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Education Practices and Challenges

Education Practices and Challenges is a research topic within Philosophy. Science Explorer counts 18k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the use of metaphors in educational research and practice, particularly focusing on teaching, learning, and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on education. It delves into teacher perspectives, student perceptions, and the role of metaphors in qualitative research and professional development.

  • Metaphors
  • Teaching
  • Learning
  • Education
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
  • Distance Education
  • Teacher Perspectives
  • Qualitative Research
  • Student Perceptions
  • Professional Development
Research works
18k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+38%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Türkiye
88% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Education Practices and Challenges

Which countries lead Education Practices and Challenges research?

By volume, Türkiye and the United States publish the most (6.3k and 249 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Türkiye 6.3k works
  2. 2 United States 249 works
  3. 3 ?? 180 works
  4. 4 China 97 works
  5. 5 Azerbaijan 91 works
  6. 6 Kazakhstan 71 works
  7. 7 Indonesia 64 works
  8. 8 India 51 works
  9. 9 Cyprus 48 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 47 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Türkiye: 87.5%United States: 3.5%??: 2.5%China: 1.4%6 others listed: 5.2%88%largest
Türkiye6,294 · 87.5%United States249 · 3.5%??180 · 2.5%China97 · 1.4%6 others listed372 · 5.2%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Education Practices and Challenges research?

By volume in 2022-now, Mi̇lli̇ Eği̇ti̇m Bakanliği publishes the most Education Practices and Challenges research, followed by Gazi University and Hacettepe University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Mi̇lli̇ Eği̇ti̇m BakanliğiTürkiye 546 works
  2. 2 Gazi UniversityTürkiye 277 works
  3. 3 Hacettepe UniversityTürkiye 122 works
  4. 4 Necmettin Erbakan UniversityTürkiye 122 works
  5. 5 Atatürk UniversityTürkiye 117 works
  6. 6 Sivas Cumhuriyet ÜniversitesiTürkiye 112 works
  7. 7 Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart ÜniversitesiTürkiye 112 works
  8. 8 Ondokuz Mayıs UniversityTürkiye 110 works
  9. 9 Marmara UniversityTürkiye 108 works
  10. 10 Inonu UniversityTürkiye 96 works

Who are the leading researchers in Education Practices and Challenges?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Education Practices and Challenges include Burcu Küçük Biçer and H. Duran Yıldız.

  1. 1 Burcu Küçük Biçer Türkiye 153k citations
  2. 2 H. Duran Yıldız France 117k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Education Practices and Challenges?

The most cited paper in Education Practices and Challenges is "The emotional practice of teaching" (Andy Hargreaves, 1998), with 1,774 citations. Next come "In search of the essence of a good teacher: towards a more holistic approach in teacher education" (1,765) and "An Appraisal Perspective of Teacher Burnout: Examining the Emotional Work of Teachers" (1,350).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The emotional practice of teaching Andy Hargreaves · Teaching and Teacher Education Nov 1998 1,774
2 In search of the essence of a good teacher: towards a more holistic approach in teacher education Fred A. J. Korthagen · Teaching and Teacher Education Open access 2004 1,765
3 An Appraisal Perspective of Teacher Burnout: Examining the Emotional Work of Teachers Mei‐Lin Chang · Educational Psychology Review 29 Jun 2009 1,350
4 Assessing the Instructional Management Behavior of Principals Philip Hallinger, Joseph P. Murphy · The Elementary School Journal Nov 1985 1,280
5 COVID-19 and teacher education: a literature review of online teaching and learning practices Carmen Carrillo, María Assunção Flores · European Journal of Teacher Education Open access 7 Aug 2020 1,023
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Where is Education Practices and Challenges research done?

The largest centres of Education Practices and Challenges research in 2022-now are Ankara (Türkiye), Istanbul (Türkiye), Konya (Türkiye) and Eskişehir (Türkiye). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wellfleet, Trabzon and Bayburt.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 AnkaraTürkiye 1.2k works
  2. 2 IstanbulTürkiye 675 works
  3. 3 KonyaTürkiye 192 works
  4. 4 EskişehirTürkiye 152 works
  5. 5 IzmirTürkiye 144 works
  6. 6 ErzurumTürkiye 128 works
  7. 7 SamsunTürkiye 122 works
  8. 8 SivasTürkiye 113 works
  9. 9 ÇanakkaleTürkiye 112 works
  10. 10 MalatyaTürkiye 99 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. WellfleetUS · 50.0 works368×
  2. Trabzon72.7 works221×
  3. BayburtTR · 72.1 works140×
  4. AmasyaTR · 68.7 works97×
  5. KırşehirTR · 74.9 works88×
  6. MuşTR · 50.9 works84×
  7. Alanya24.5 works77×
  8. YozgatTR · 82.4 works76×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Education Practices and Challenges than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Education Practices and Challenges?

Among universities, judged by research, Gazi University, Sivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi and Yıldız Technical University score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%mean 10.89%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Yozgat Bozok Ünivers…Yıldız Technical Uni…Sivas Cumhuriyet Üni…Gazi University
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Gazi UniversityTürkiye 70.57.4%88.7×277 +32.0%
2Sivas Cumhuriyet ÜniversitesiTürkiye 70.310.9%66.4×112 +128.7%
3Yıldız Technical UniversityTürkiye 70.311.0%44.9×78 +35.0%
4Yozgat Bozok ÜniversitesiTürkiye 69.612.2%86.8×82 +99.5%
5Erciyes UniversityTürkiye 69.415.3%28.7×40 +27.9%
6Fırat UniversityTürkiye 68.410.6%62.5×94 +40.0%
7Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa ÜniversitesiTürkiye 66.911.7%61.6×71 +50.4%
8İstanbul Sabahattin Zaim ÜniversitesiTürkiye 65.411.6%86.0×32 +65.8%
9Necmettin Erbakan UniversityTürkiye 65.17.9%75.6×122 +28.2%
10Amasya ÜniversitesiTürkiye 65.110.3%108.4×69 +64.0%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Education Practices and Challenges, country by country

Is Education Practices and Challenges research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 38% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Education Practices and Challenges.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Education Practices and Challenges as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.029% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Education Practices and Challenges0.023% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Education Practices and Challenges over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Education Practices and Challenges9.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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