Analysis on The Current Situation of Geography Teaching Research in Middle School -Taking China as An Example

The analysis of the current situation of middle school geography teaching research is of great significance to the future teaching and research. Through combing the research results in recent 20 years, the results show that: (1) The number of documents issued changed gently before 2005, then increased rapidly, but showed a significant downward trend after 2019. (2) Among the top 100 document issuing institutions, urban, county town, and township account for 73%, 22% and 5% respectively. As far as the number of middle school geography teachers is concerned, it has continued to grow over the years, and the number of cities and counties has been higher than that of villages, and villages show a downward trend. (3) In terms of the education background of middle school geography teachers, the proportion of obtaining graduate education increased from 0.78% in 2000 to 7.09% in 2020, and the proportion of less than undergraduate education is becoming less and less. Although the Chinese government's investment in education has increased year by year over the past 20 years, the proportion of education investment in GDP in recent years is about 4%, which is lower than the world average 5.1%. (4) In terms of keyword analysis, there are similarities and differences between Chinese and English literature. The same research hotspots are GIS, environmental education, and map etc. (5) In terms of the number of papers published by researchers, Xu Baofang has the most achievements, with 11 papers and less than 10 others. On the author's cooperative relationship, there is only one cooperative team within the nine-year scale.