Aliu, J and Aigbavboa, C (2023) Reviewing the trends of construction education research in the last decade: A bibliometric analysis. International Journal of Construction Management, 23(9), pp. 1571-1580. ISSN 1562-3599
Abstract
Discussions around construction education (CE) and engineering education (EE) have continued to stimulate the interest of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), policymakers, researchers, parents, educators, and even students alike. This is because the future generation of construction professionals and project managers are dependent on the quality and content of CE received during undergraduate education. This study reviews the concept of CE research published on the Elsevier Scopus database from 2010 to 2020 using a sequence of bibliometric analysis. The study adopted a bibliometric approach to extract papers from the Elsevier Scopus database. Keywords such as “construction education” OR “engineering education” OR “construction management education” OR “construction management teaching” AND “construction industry” were used for article extraction. VOSviewer, a text-mining tool was used to analyze the bibliometric connection in CE research within the built environment discipline. Through the sequencing of cluster analysis, the findings revealed that focus is placed on Student-centred learning (SCL), Building Information Modelling (BIM), Sustainability, Active Learning (AL), Virtual reality (VR), and Project Management (PM). More so, the current research focus in CE studies is tending towards the knowledge and adoption of lean construction (LC) into construction industry activities processes. Despite the novelty of this article, generalisations of the results must be done cautiously due to the use of a single data base, which in this case is the Elsevier’s Scopus. This bibliometric study contributes to the ever-growing body of scholarly knowledge as it brings to the fore the various research focus areas of CE studies within the built environment.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | built environment; construction education; engineering education; fourth industrial revolution |
| Index terms: | construction industry, project management, undergraduate, virtual reality, construction professional, mining, built environment, fourth industrial revolution, active learning, database, engineering education, higher education institution, building information modelling, project manager, construction education, cluster analysis, bibliometrics, construction management education, bibliometric analysis, lean construction, student-centred |
| Subjects: | learning methods, virtual reality, profession, curriculum development, data analysis and analytics, technology adoption, project management theory and practice, professional development, information systems, student experience, industry analysis, infrastructure and transport systems, geotechnical engineering, educational institutions, building construction, professional education, data management, research evaluation and metrics |
| Topics: | Research Practice, Project Management, Engineering Principles, Information Management, Roles and Professions, Urban Studies, Digital Applications, Education, Site Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTA |
N.B. Descriptive scope is a count of how many of the five facets of empirical research are indicated by the words used in title, abstract and keywords. It is not intended as a judgement on the research; merely a count of the kind of word we would expect to indicate Phenomenon, Concepts, Theoretical framing, Empirical techniques, Analytical techniques. If all five are present, then a code of “5 PCTEA” will indicate this. If you feel the coding for this record is questionable, we welcome discussion around the terms we matched or the way we categorized them. The facet you would expect may not be coded, or a facet may be coded inappropriately. This can also bear on a larger question, of which facets should be treated as defining in construction management research. Please get in touch, and we will look at it. More details here