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Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy

Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 27k research works in it since 1950. 28.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of citizenship education, historical thinking, and social studies curriculum. It delves into topics such as civic knowledge, controversial issues in education, teaching history, cultural diversity, and the use of primary sources to foster critical literacy. The papers examine the pedagogical strategies, challenges, and opportunities in educating for democracy and developing students' understanding of historical consciousness.

  • Citizenship Education
  • Historical Thinking
  • Social Studies
  • Civic Knowledge
  • Controversial Issues
  • Democratic Education
  • Teaching History
  • Cultural Diversity
  • Primary Sources
  • Critical Literacy
Research works
27k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
7.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
28.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+24%
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Which countries lead Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy research?

By volume, the United States and Türkiye publish the most (1.4k and 457 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.4k works
  2. 2 Türkiye 457 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 291 works
  4. 4 Australia 231 works
  5. 5 Canada 213 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 213 works
  7. 7 Germany 202 works
  8. 8 Spain 196 works
  9. 9 China 132 works
  10. 10 Brazil 116 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.

United States: 40.0%Türkiye: 13.4%United Kingdom: 8.5%Australia: 6.8%6 others listed: 31.4%40%largest
United States1,366 · 40.0%Türkiye457 · 13.4%United Kingdom291 · 8.5%Australia231 · 6.8%6 others listed1,073 · 31.4%

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Which institutions lead Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Mi̇lli̇ Eği̇ti̇m Bakanliği publishes the most Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy research, followed by University College London and Indonesia University of Education.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Mi̇lli̇ Eği̇ti̇m BakanliğiTürkiye 31 works
  2. 2 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 28 works
  3. 3 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 23 works
  4. 4 Universidad de MurciaSpain 23 works
  5. 5 Columbia UniversityUnited States 20 works
  6. 6 The University of MelbourneAustralia 19 works
  7. 7 University of HelsinkiFinland 19 works
  8. 8 University of OsloNorway 19 works
  9. 9 University of TorontoCanada 18 works
  10. 10 Michigan State UniversityUnited States 17 works

Where is Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy research done?

The largest centres of Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy research in 2022–2025 are Ankara (Türkiye), London (United Kingdom), New York (United States) and Melbourne (Australia).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Ankara Türkiye 97 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 64 works
  3. 3 New York United States 56 works
  4. 4 Melbourne Australia 55 works
  5. 5 Istanbul Türkiye 48 works
  6. 6 Brisbane Australia 43 works
  7. 7 Budapest Hungary 41 works
  8. 8 Sydney Australia 37 works
  9. 9 Oslo Norway 33 works
  10. 10 Toronto Canada 30 works
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Where is the best place to study Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Oslo, Universidad de Murcia and University College London score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%25%50%75%mean 41.11%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Oslo: 19, 57.3%Universidad de Murcia: 23, 23.7%University College London: 28, 39.5%Umeå University: 11, 55.9%Australian Catholic University: 16, 29.7%Eötvös Loránd University: 17, 24.1%Stockholm University: 15, 26.5%University of Jyväskylä: 8, 54.2%University of Amsterdam: 11, 61.0%University of Waikato: 9, 39.2%University of OsloUmeå UniversityUniversity College L…Universidad de Murcia
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of OsloNorway 73.257.3%7.6×19 +59.4%
2 Universidad de MurciaSpain 69.723.7%15.4×23 +344.8%
3 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 68.739.5%4.1×28 +374.9%
4 Umeå UniversitySweden 67.955.9%9.5×11 +39.7%
5 Australian Catholic UniversityAustralia 66.929.7%30.4×16 +160.5%
6 Eötvös Loránd UniversityHungary 66.524.1%12.2×17 +371.7%
7 Stockholm UniversitySweden 65.726.5%9.1×15 +187.1%
8 University of JyväskyläFinland 64.154.2%8.9×8 +99.2%
9 University of AmsterdamNetherlands 62.161.0%4.1×11 +152.4%
10 University of WaikatoNew Zealand 61.739.2%16.3×9 +92.0%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy.

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Which topics inside it are moving

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