The Present Situation of Music Education in China: Knowledge Maps and Visualization Analysis

Abstract

The development of music education in China has made great progress in the past 20 years due to the political guidance, cultural development, scientific and technological progress and educational innovation of the country. Music education represents the trends of the development of arts education in China. In this article, to get a better understanding of the research tendency and developing progress, we presented the track of the development of music education discipline through the method of visual analysis of Knowledge maps. Author and institutional collaboration mapping analysis have been conducted. Moreover, research hotspots, keyword-driven citation burst analysis and research trends have been analyzed. These results of this study can provide reference to formulate strategies for contemporary music education and policy.