教育博士项目何去何从：国外教育博士学位“存废”之辩与改革动向

To be Retained or Eliminated? A Review of the Ed.D.Program Reform Debate in Foreign Countries

教育博士项目"何去何存"引发国外学界广泛讨论,国外教育博士项目"存废"之辩主要有五种价值取向:仅对教育博士项目做局部修正和改良的"保守论";教育博士项目和教育哲学博士项目非此即彼的"一元论";教育博士项目和教育哲学博士项目并存的"二元论";以新专业学位取代教育博士学位的"第三条发展道路";创设专业学位和学术学位新项目的 "整合重构论"。各种争论为教育博士项目提供了多元化改革发展思路,哈佛大学新创设的教育领导博士项目和教育哲学博士项目,正是对各种理论争辩的现实回应。我国教育博士项目起步晚,发展经验不足,国外教育博士项目不同价值观点的争锋与改革实践对我国有颇多启示。

Recently,whether Ed. D programs should be retained or eliminated has become a heatedly discussed topic in international academic community. Generally speaking,there are five different viewpoints:( 1) Ed. D. programs need to be modified and improved to some extent;( 2) Ed. D. programs should be replaced by Ph. D. programs in Education,or vice versa;( 3) Ed. D. programs should co- exist with Ph. D. programs;( 4) A new professional degree need to be established to replace Ed. D. degree;( 5) The professional Ed. D program need to be restructured and integrated with the academic Ph. D. program. These different viewpoints provide us diversified perspectives on reforming Ed. D. programs. Harvard University,for instance,has recently started offering two new education programs,i. e. the Doctor of Education Leadership( Ed. L. D) program and the inter- faculty Ph. D. program in Education.By reviewing Ed. D. program reform debate in foreign countries,the present paper hopes to provide useful information and insightful advice concerning the development of Ed. D. programs in China today.