高等教育研究反思:批判方法论的视角

Reflections on Higher Education Research: A Perspective from Critical Methodology

高等教育学的研究大多表现为描述式研究、思辨式研究、实证性研究和诠释性研究,缺乏批判性研究的基础。建立在批判理论基础上的批判研究因其独特的立场、价值取向、方法论特点和研究途径,确有其存在的合理性和必要性。高等教育学应当建立起批判研究的基础,发展出自己的批判话语和研究范式。针对当前高等教育领域,尤其是国内学界相关研究匮乏的现状及其深层次原因,结合现实提出若干促进我国高等教育批判研究的对策思路,我国高等教育学学者应致力于批判性研究的本土化和创造"实践的理论",以免陷入过于知识化的误区。

There are extensive literatures on the higher education following the four research orientations, that is, descriptive study, normative study, positivism study, and interpretative study, lacking the basis of critical study. The critical pedagogy that stems from the critical theory makes the critical thoughts specific to education field, which makes the pedagogy possess the tradition of critical study. This paper suggests building the foundation of critical study in the field of higher education. We hope the studies of higher education can assimilate rational composition and research method of critical pedagogy, and develop its own critical discourse and research orientation. Meanwhile, native scholars should devote themselves to prompting critical study to localization and creating the practical theories. Thus, we may avoid the over-knowledge-based pitfalls.