教育研究中的研究范式和评定标准

Paradigms and Evaluation Criteria in Educational Rrsearch

科学研究己经在人们认识新事物以及检验新事物这个过程中显示出强大的生命力。但是相对与自然科学,人文社会科学的研究有它自身的特殊性。教育科研,作为人文社会科学研究的一个组成部分,在发展教育,特别是高等教育中日趋受到教育者的关注。本文从科研的定义,以及特性出发,尝试着分析了科研产生以来的三个主要范式:实证主义,自然主义,和批判主义的研究范式。文章还给出了笔者对科研评价的主要几个标准:质变和量变的结合,信度和效度的结合以及科研者容易忽略的研究道德问题。

Research is playing an active role in people＇ s recognition of new things, or new ways of seeking truth. To explore the nature of research and its implications, this paper looks at the different definitions of research, their characteristics, and forcuses on a specific research genre, educational research. Three paradigms are presented as guiding principles of research, they are positivism/normafive, interpretative and critical. The article still covers the comparison of quantitative and qualitative approaches in research, emphasizes their combination in educational research. Research criteria： validity, reliability, and ethical issues are presented as assessment of ＂ good＂ research.