中美远程教育研究发展与当前热点的比较研究——以远程教育学术期刊为视角

A Comparative Study on Distance Education Research Development and Current Focus in China and the USA: From A Research Journal Perspective

作为学术研究成果的重要载体,学术期刊所刊载的学术文章反映了该学科的实践与研究的发展脉络及当前的研究热点。本研究选择了《中国远程教育(Distance Education in China)》和《美国远程教育杂志(the American journal of distance education)》两份期刊从2000年到2010年的全部出版物中所包含的学术论文,共计2,141篇,并按宏观政策与理论的研究、远程教育系统的研究等六个领域进行了分类。对比研究发现,在这十一年间,两刊在7个年份上有共同关注的研究热点,且关注领域的变化能够较好体现出远程教育的实践与研究方面的特点。研究者希望通过发掘两国远程教育近十年来在热点与发展态势上的异同,帮助预测未来我国远程教育研究中需要关注的选题,从而在学术研究和编辑策划的选题、选稿方面有所助益,特别是为策划国际性选题,提供有效的信息。

Being a platform for issuing academic research fruits,the papers on scientific journals reflect the development context and hotspots of current research.This research selects 2141 papers(from 2000 to 2010) of two scientific journals,Distance Education in China and the American journal of distance education.These papers are divided into six research fields.In the comparative study,the points of common concern by the two journals are discovered in seven years,and the characteristics in practices and researches in Distance Education are reflected in the changes in concerning areas.Researchers hope that this research can help to forecast the topics that needed to be focused on,which will contribute to selecting topics in scientific research and journal edit.