从封闭到开放:教育研究方法范式的转换

From Closed to Open:Paradigm Shift in Educational Research

我国教育学术界主要存在两种研究方法的范式,二者存在着矛盾与竞争,尤其表现为主张实证研究的学者往往反对思辨研究。其实,将任何一种方法范式的合法性强调到极端,而拒斥其他的研究方法,都是片面的。封闭的教育研究方法范式不仅会限制研究者的学术兴趣、学术视野和学术创新能力,而且往往会导致研究目的、研究过程甚至研究结论被局限在其方法所允许的比较狭隘的范围之内。因此,教育学术界应当超越封闭的方法范式,以实现以下三个转向:从封闭到开放,从控制到解放,从霸权到民主。只有如此,教育学才可能充满活力、具有学科竞争力和影响力。

In educational research, there are two main research paradigms, which conflict with each other especially in that researchers who work in the empirical paradigm are against those in the theoretical one. Actually, it is lopsided to emphasize the legitimacy of one paradigm to the extreme and reject the other. The closed research paradigm not only restricts the researchers＇ interests, horizon and innovative ability but also confines their research goals, processes and even conclusions to a narrow scope defined by the methods adopted. There-fore, education researchers should rise above such a closed paradigm by shifting from closed to open, from control to liberation and from hegemony to democracy. Only by so doing can educational studies become vigorous, competitive and attractive.