Research hotspots and trends in the professional development of mathematics teachers in China:Visual analysis based on CiteSpace knowledge graph
In order to understand the research hotspots and predict the research trend of mathematics teachers'pro-fessional development,942 journal articles from CNKI were selected as the research objects.The bibliometric method and co-word analysis method were used to analyze the research by combining with CiteSpace.The results showed that the number of papers published was on the rise until it tended to be stable;there was insufficient collaboration between re-search institutions;most of the authors of the articles were university teachers and graduate students;the hot topics fo-cused on four aspects:professional knowledge,professional quality,professional ability and team building of mathematics teachers.According to the conclusions of the research,the following inspirations are provided:constructing a scientific research team for mathematics teachers'professional development,expanding the practical knowledge of mathematics teachers,improving the professional abilities and literacy of mathematics teachers,and building an innovative mathematics teachers team.