国外儿童地理学研究进展与启示

The study of Children's geographies has since the early 1970s undergone the "spatial turn" theory of geography. The publication of Children's Geographies in 2003 marks the maturity of Children's geographies. This paper summaries the research topics, highlights and methods by reviewing the international literature and visualization software. The study found that the researchers, institutions and their regions are highly concentrated in International children's geographies and some developed countries play a leading role in it. Also, we found that the core research consists of five topics, including "immigration and mobile identity, ethics and regional differences, education and youth aspirations, childhood and pluralistic space, games and emotional experience". Thirdly, Asian children's geography research has become a research hotspot and researchers always focus on the two topics of "transnational child migration" and "education and employment of Asian Youth". Last, the research methods of International children's geographies have evolved several periods and the means are also updated.