Progress and Insights on the Study of Educator Spirit: A Literature Analysis Based on CiteSpace

作者：Zhengwei Li, T. Chun · 发表于：Education Research and Development · 年份：2026 · DOI：10.57237/j.edu.2026.03.004

The spirit of educators, as the fundamental principle and action guide for teacher development in the new era, provides a strong spiritual core for teachers' professional growth. This study utilizes the CiteSpace bibliometric tool to systematically construct a scientific knowledge map, sorting out and analyzing research results related to the "spirit of educators" from the CNKI database from 2023 to 2025. The study finds that since the concept was proposed in 2023, related research has rapidly increased, focusing on content analysis and practical exploration. At the conceptual level, scholars have systematically elaborated on six dimensions: ideal and belief, moral sentiment, educational wisdom, diligent attitude, benevolence, and the pursuit of enlightening the way, gradually building a relatively comprehensive theoretical framework. At the practical level, research has focused on exploring specific paths for integrating the spirit of educators into teacher training, teacher ethics construction, and educational and teaching reforms. The author-institution collaboration network has initially formed, but the network density is insufficient, and cross-institutional collaboration needs to be strengthened. Keyword analysis shows that research centers around the core keyword "educational power", balancing theory and practice, covering areas such as teacher education, ideological and political course reform, and rural education. Future research can still deepen micro-level empirica...