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The main purpose of this study is to identify research trends in Korean education based on research published in “Korean Journal of Educational Research,” a comprehensive academic journal in the field of education. In order to achieve the purpose of the study, a total of 2,222 papers published from the first issue of “Korean Journal of Educational Research” to August 2023 were selected for analysis, and the entire period was divided into a total of six periods of ten years each. The analysis criteria are pedagogical sub-academic field, research purpose, research objective, research method, and research subject. As a result of the analysis, first, it was found that among the fields of pedagogy, many papers in the fields of educational psychology, educational history, and philosophy were published. In the basic research to establish and explore pedagogical theories, we were able to discover the trend of time series and trends in the increasing number of practical studies with high field applicability. Second, in the early days of pedagogical research, the research purpose was mainly to introduce various pedagogical theories, but since the 2000s, the research purpose has included the suggestion of improvement measures based on the analysis of the actual situation. Third, literature research and qualitative research were strong from the 1960s to the 1990s, but quantitative research has been strong since the 2000s. Fourth, from the 1960s to the early 1980s, there were many studies on local and national subjects, and gradually studies were conducted on various research subjects such as universities and teachers.
Park et al. (Sun,) studied this question.