Research Trends of a Doctoral Dissertation Related to ‘Jeju Education’

This study identified the trend of Jeju education-related research targeting doctoral dissertation. Doctoral dissertation were collected from ‘RISS’, ‘National Library of Korea’ and ‘The National Assembly Library’, 70 papers were selected by reviewing whether or not they were related to Jeju education. And For keyword analysis, 466 keywords were derived and analyzed. The research results are as follows. 1) The first doctoral dissertation related to Jeju education was published in 1990. And since 2012, the frequency of dissertations publication has increased. From 1990 to 2007, 10 dissertations were published outside of Jeju. Since 2008, dissertations has been published at Jeju National University. Of the total 60 dissertations published since 2008, 48(80%) dissertations are published by Jeju National University. Doctoral dissertations are mostly related to science education and computer education. 2) The network attribute has low density between keywords. And the cluster coefficient is high. The structure of the network consists of ① keywords related to education programs, ② keywords related to humanities, arts, society, and nature in Jeju, which is expressed as 'Jeju type' ③ keywords related to students & teacher ④ keywords related to curriculum and subject content, ⑤ keywords related to educational institutions and policies. Finally, based on the research results, the implications and directions of research related to Jeju education were suggested.