Scientometric Mapping of the Neurosciences of Education: perspectives for teacher training

Abstract

The integration of neuroscientific knowledge in the training of teachers constitutes a current challenge in updating the curricular networks. Hence the relevance of scientometric studies to know the current state of development of the Neurosciences of Education. The objective of the research was the construction of the scientometric map of the Neurosciences of Education through the co-occurrence analysis of articles indexed in the SciELO and Web of Science databases (1999-2019). The sample consisted of 484 documents in English and Spanish, and they were processed in the free software VosViewer. From the grouping of co-occurrence terms, the general map and four clusters were formed that show the relationships and concentration of research fields. The results are established in the state of the art of 20 years of publications, and provide neuroscientific knowledge for the training of teachers.