Review and Prospect of Preschool Education Policy Research in China since the 21st Century:Visual Analysis Based on CiteSpace
The introduction of preschool education policy is an important measure taken by the state to improve the quality of preschool education.Using CiteSpace software,this paper makes a visual analysis of the core journal literature on China's preschool education policy in CNKI.It is found that China's preschool education policy research has achieved fruitful results including works by 17 core researchers and 8 core research institutions,but the cooperation between au-thors and institutions is not close enough.The research hotspots mainly focus on five aspects:preschool education policy development process research,preschool education reform policy,preschool education quality policy,preschool education equity policy and preschool education policy enlightenment.The research has gone through three periods:preliminary ex-ploration,diversified development and deepening promotion.Future research should establish a long-term cooperation mechanism among scholars and institutions,broaden the research perspective,continue to deepen the research content,pay attention to the effect of policy implementation,optimize the research paradigm,and increase empirical research.