Exploring the Research Trends of Technological Literacy Studies in Education: A Systematic Review Using Bibliometric Analysis

Abstract

To date, the development of technological literacy studies representing the dynamics and phenomena of research regarding technological knowledge, technological capacity, and critical thinking-decision making has not been reported in scientific publications. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to present a bibliometric and bibliographic review regarding technological literacy studies. A bibliometric analysis was used to conduct this study in which 83 selected documents from the Scopus database published between 1991 and 2022 were the data. Some analyses, such as performance, citation, co-word, and co-authorship, were carried out to analyze the data supported by VOSviewer and PoP software. Results of this study revealed that the number of studies regarding technological literacy increased gradually, while the progress citations on the studies of technological literacy were not consistent every year. In addition, the most productive and influential documents, authors, countries, institutions, and sources contributed to developing technological literacy research. Furthermore, autonomous technology is expected to be the newly trending research in the technology field. Consequently, the studies about autonomous technology can be directed to further educational studies focusing on technology education. The development of autonomous technology in the future, like a robot for teaching, contributes to educational advancement.