关于加强社科类硕士研究生研究方法教育的思考

Thoughts on Strengthening the Research Method Education for the Master Degree Candidate of Social Sciences

研究方法是研究生在知识领域开疆扩土和进行科学创新的重要条件之一。本文根据对江西省社科类硕士研究生研究方法教育的问卷调查的分析,从政策主体即教育主管部门和培养单位以及政策客体如导师和研究生的角度探究了当前社科类硕士研究生研究方法教育存在的主要问题,提出了加强社科类硕士研究生研究方法教育的以下路径:开设研究方法方面的课程、优化讲授研究方法课程的师资结构、提高研究生和导师对研究方法重要性的认知、增加研究生对研究方法学习的兴趣、引导研究生自主学习研究方法、加大对研究生研究方法教育的课外训练等建议。

Researching method is one of the important conditions for graduate students to expand territories and conductscientific innovation in the field of knowledge. According to the analysis on the questionnaire survey of the research methodeducation of the master degree candidate of social sciences in Jiangxi Province, this paper explores the main problems in the currentresearch method education of the master degree candidate of social sciences from the point of view of the policy subject, namely theeducation authorities and the training units, and the point of view of the policy object, namely the tutors and the graduate students.And to strengthen the research method education of the master degree candidate of social sciences, it also puts forward the followingways： setting up research method courses, optimizing the structure of teachers in research method courses, raising awareness of theimportance of research methods in the graduate students as well as the tutors, increasing the interest from the graduate students instudying research methods, guiding the graduate students＇ self-regulated learning in research methods and intensifying theextracurricular training in research method education for the graduate students.