Network Analysis in Education: A Scoping Review of Research in Formal and Informal Learning From Pre-K–12 to Higher Education

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Abstract

As more and more researchers seek deeper understanding in educational phenomena, their interests in network analysis have also been growing. This study aimed to provide an overview of the network analysis research in the educational field for ten years and give a practical guide to researchers. Among the 145 selected papers, most studies were conducted in higher education in North America, and the learning setting was mostly formal rather than informal. More than half of the studies employed mixed methods from which surveys and archived data were the primary data source. The main topics were the effects of instructional interventions in a formal learning context and the professional learning networks in an informal learning context.

Authors

• Yujin Park, Florida State University

• Hajeen Choi, Bowling Green State University

• Ji Yae Bong, Concordia University