无存“范式”之争——教育学研究中的本质主义与反本质主义新解

Not a Paradigm War:A New Interpretation of Essentialism versus Anti-essentialism in Pedagogy Research

近些年来,教育学研究中的本质主义与反本质主义发生了激烈的论争,其根本原因在于混淆了两者的本质属性。教育学研究中的本质主义并不是一种教育研究范式,它只是关于教育本质问题的不同观点和教育思想。而教育学研究中的反本质主义属于教育学研究的人类学范式,两者不是同一层面的概念。本质主义与反本质主义在教育学的研究中不是"非此即彼"的关系,而是"携手执行"的,共同担负着丰富和完善教育学研究范式和方法的职责,有利于教育学研究的繁荣,同时也有利于我们从不同视角做出对教育价值的正确评判。

In recent years,there's a heated debate between essentialism and anti-essentialism in pedagogy research,as a result of the confusion between the two philosophies.Essentialism in pedagogy research is actually not a kind of paradigm,but refers to different viewpoints and educational thoughts concerning the nature of education.On the contrary,anti-essentialism in pedagogy research is an anthropological paradigm,a concept quite different from essentialism.Essentialism and anti-essentialism in pedagogy research are not 'either this or that',but should help each other move forward.They should both undertake the responsibility of enriching and perfecting the research paradigm and methodology,contributing to flourishing research on pedagogy as well as proper judgment of the value of education from various perspectives.