有理论的实验和有实验的理论

Experiment with Theory and Theory with Experiment

科学实验是科学认识的基础,没有科学实验就没有真正意义上的科学。近年来,发展心理学家对传统的研究方法作了创造性的改进,使研究对象有所扩大,研究内容有所拓展,从而对早期教育产生了更加丰富的实用价值。在儿童发展心理学中,实验法与其他方法的综合运用有着广阔的发展空间,但主流的方法依然是实验法。无论是哪一种研究方法,都必须坚持客观性原则。沉浸于后现代主义的相对主义和无政府主义思潮对科学发展和社会实践活动,包括对幼儿教育的发展是有害的。

Experiment is the basis of scientific knowledge and a science in the true sense is impossible without experiments. In recent years, developmental psychologists have made creative improvement in the traditional research method with the result that the research subject range is enlarged and research content expanded so that more practical value is produced for early childhood education. Although in children developmental psychology, combined application of experimentation and other method promises a vast development space, experimentation still remains the mainstream method. The principle of objectivity has to be stuck to in the choice of research method. Postmodernist relativism and anarchism are harmful for science development and social practice including early childhood education.