Analysis of Research Hotspots and Trends in the Integration of Education and Sports in China

Abstract

The integration of sports and education is a further consideration of the state on sports work and a specific measure to implement the national strategy of building a sports power. It has profound significance for promoting the health of young people in sports. In the “Notice on Issuing Opinions on Deepening the Integration of Sports and Education to Promote the Healthy Development of Young People”, China clearly proposed to “deepen the integration of sports and education with Chinese characteristics”. In fact, the integration of sports and education is not a new term, but the changes of the times have endowed it with a deeper connotation. Therefore, this paper uses the CiteSpace visualization analysis tool to sort out the existing research results and reflect on them accordingly. This is not only a new starting point for the in-depth development of research on the integration of sports and education, but also a necessary choice for reflecting on the sports work of young people in China. To accurately reflect the development of research on the integration of sports and education, this paper takes academic journals with strong timeliness as the sample source and uses a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods to use software to draw a picture of the research on the integration of sports and education in China from the aspects of the distribution of research literature by year, author contribution, and research institutions. By reviewing the existing research results on the integration of sports and education in China and conducting a comprehensive examination from both quantitative and qualitative perspectives, the purpose is not only to draw a map of the research on the integration of sports and education in China, but more importantly, to reflect on the deficiencies. Through sorting and analysis, the study suggests that future research on the integration of sports and education in China should focus on deepening in the following four aspects: first, emphasizing the leading role of core authors and deepening the intensity of cooperation in research on the integration of sports and education; second, broadening the research field and enriching the content of research on the integration of sports and education; third, combining qualitative and quantitative methods to improve the quality of research on the integration of sports and education; fourth, emphasizing comparison and reference to form a research ecosystem of dialogue.