Analysis of the Role of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Social, Science, and Environmental Education (2006-2024): Bibliometric Perspective

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the trend of education for sustainable development in social science, environmental, mathematics, and chemistry education from a literature review and bibliometric analysis. This paper is also equipped with an explanation of the definition of education for sustainable development (ESD). VOSviewer mapping is used to analyze bibliometric data. The Scopus site is used to obtain research data. The keywords "education for sustainable development", "sustainable development", and "education" are used by us as keyword data searches for this study. We searched for data from 2006 to 2024. The results of the study showed that research on ESD in education was found from 2006 to 2024. In addition, the results of the study also showed that from 2006 to 2013 research increased, but in 2014 it decreased and increased in 2020 and decreased again in 2021. The highest peak of research was in 2022 with 167 articles. This study shows how important bibliometric analysis is to obtain information about the phenomenon. This study is prospective in helping and being a reference for scientists and researchers in conducting and determining research topics, especially regarding ESD.