美国比较教育研究的新发展：主题、方法与地域分析

The New Development of American Comparative Education:Themes,Methods and Regions Analysis

以《比较教育评论》在1998—2007年间所发表的学术论文为研究对象,分析这些论文的研究主题和研究方法以及在研究地域上的差异,发现:在研究主题上,《比较教育评论》重视宏观教育制度研究,关注各国教育改革与发展;紧跟时代发展,研究当前热点问题;微观教育实践领域的研究日益升温;比较教育学科建设探讨起伏不定。在研究方法上,文献研究仍然是《比较教育评论》最重要的研究手段,不同研究方法的的综合运用成为当前《比较教育评论》的一大特色,定性与定量研究呈均衡态势,两者的结合更能体现未来的发展趋势。在研究地域上,单一国别研究是《比较教育评论》的主体,对发展中国家的教育尤其关注,大规模的跨国比较研究引人注目,全球趋势和区域研究渐渐增多。我国比较教育研究应明确比较教育的研究主题,提升比较教育研究方法的科学水平,拓展比较教育的研究地域,创建立体化的研究对象,加强比较教育学术群体的自身建设,深化学科基础理论研究。

Taking the academic papers published during 1998-2007 by ＂Comparative Education Review＂ as research object to analyze these papers＂ research themes, research methods and the difference of research regions. We can see that in terms of research themes, ＂Comparative Education Review＂ attaches importance to macro educational system research and pays attention to the educational reform and development in various countries; it steps up with the development of times and studies the current focuses; the research in the field of micro educational practice is increasingly warming up; and the discussion on the disciplinary construction of comparative education goes up and down. In terms of research methods, documentary research is still the most important research means of ＂Comparative Education Review＂; the comprehensive application of different research methods has become one of the characteristics of ＂Comparative Education Review＂; qualitative research and quantitative research have presented equilibrium trend, the combination of the two can better embody the future development. In terms of research regions, the single country research is the main part of ＂Comparative Education Review＂, which especially pays attention to the education of developing countries; the large-scaled transnational comparative research has drawn great attention; the global tendency and regional research have been gradually increasing. Our research on comparative education should clarify the research themes, upgrade the scientific level of com- parative educational research methods, expand the research region of comparative education, establish stereoscopic research object, strengthen the self-construction of comparative educational academic groups, and deepen the disciplinary basic theoretical research.