Hotspot and development trend of democratic education in China : CiteSpace visualization and analysis based on CNKI data

With the development of science, technology and social economy, the importance of democratic education in modern society has become more and more prominent. This paper takes the data, analysed from democratic education literature published in CNKI journals between 2009 and 2024, as the research sample. Using the Citespace tool to draw the visualization graphs of keyword co-occurrence mapping, keyword clustering, keyword co-occurrence area and outbreak words, so as to make a scientific econometric analysis of the hot spots and development trends of democratic education in China. It can be seen that the researches of democratic education in China have become more and more in-depth. In China, most of the current researches focus on the democratization of educational methods and the content of democratic thought education. However, in modern intelligent era, the research on strengthening the communication of democratic consciousness is still rare. For using big data and information technology analysis to promote the development of democratic education, this study puts forward innovative suggestions and valuable insights in the aspects of educational content, educational mode, and professional development of democratic ideology and culture. Benefiting from these, it is possible to provide new ideas for exploring the modern and innovative democratic education of Chinese style.