Investigation of Current Situation on Rural Education Research in China —An Analysis Based on Papers of Core Journals of Recent Five Years

Chinese Communist Party's Eighteenth National Congress Report puts forward significant effectiveness in the field of agricultural modernization and the building of a new socialist countryside as one of our country's development goals.How could rural education serve for the realization of this goal? Therefore the starting point of this research is either in theory or in practice to find out the emphasis and hotspot in academic achievements in the last five years.Based on the selection of the papers of core journals from 2008 to 2012 on rural education as the research object,using literature metrological method and scientific knowledge mapping method,this paper investigates the current situation of rural education research in China.The survey shows that the important research fields in rural education include the studies on education,agricultural economics,computer software and application.Education research covers all aspects of rural education,but focuses more on the basic education.Cooperation research in rural education is low,but financial aids are high.The recent research hotspots are relatively the integration of urban and rural areas,the adjustment of school layout,educational resources,teachers in rural areas,new farmers,agricultural modernization,rural preschool education,etc.The conclusion is that the emergence of hotspots is closely related to the national policy.The result of this research will have certain reference value for the future planning of rural education research.