Sensemaking of Wisdom Pedagogy Research in Education

Abstract

Purpose: This paper asks: How has wisdom pedagogy research evolved in education from 1980 to 2022 and what are its characteristics and its possible future trends?

Study design/methodology/approach: The study applied the science mapping technique of Bibliometric Analysis together with the three-step sensemaking approach for interpreting the quantitative findings. VOSviewer was used for analysis and visualization.

Findings: The results show 128 wisdom pedagogy articles in the Web of Science Core Collection database published from 1980 to 2022. The results revealed that wisdom pedagogy is not yet an independently established discipline in education, but it is a fast growing research area.

Originality/value: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to explore the landscape of wisdom pedagogy research in education with Bibliometric Analysis for four decades.