Trends and Trajectories of Ecoliteracy Research in Formal Education: A Two-Decade Bibliometric Analysis

Abstract

This research aims to map trends in ecoliteracy in the education sector from the Scopus database, both at the preschool, primary education, secondary education and higher education levels in the last twenty years. Limited aspects such as time range 2004 to 2023, subject area, document type language and Open Access source with a total of 153 documents analyzed. This analysis method uses data collected using meta analysis (PRISMA) and a systematic review of the library, which is assisted by bibliometric analysis software and biblioshiny. The results show significant interest in formal education, and it will continue to increase. Australia and China have the highest level of research collaboration in education. The level of cooperation between Greece and Cyprus is also quite high. Followed by cooperation between Southeast Asian countries between Indonesia and Malaysia. This topic analysis discusses ecoliteracy in the field of formal education, tracing the evolution of the domain of ecoliteracy in education and the emerging trends within it. Research concluded by the resulting development of research related to ecoliteracy emphasizes that education offers a future strategy that involves large-scale collaboration in the field of formal education research and further study of environmental awareness in formal education.