复杂性科学视域下中国民族教育研究方法探究

Research Method for Ethnic Education from the Perspective of Complexity Science

民族教育是一个特殊的开放复杂巨系统,呈现出层次性、开放性、非线性等特征,以复杂性科学的视域审视中国民族教育的研究方法,至少包括三个交互的层次:一是理论与实践相结合、宏观与微观相结合、定性与定量相结合、整体论的方法论;二是田野研究、实证研究、跨文化比较研究、实验研究、超学科研究等研究方式的综合集成;三是以问题为导向从定性到定量综合集成的各种具体方法技术。三个层次共同构成民族教育研究方法的复杂性范式,有利于中国民族教育研究创新性成果的涌现。

Ethnic education is a special open and complex giant system,showing the characteristics of hierarchy,openness and nonlinearity.From the perspective of complexity science,ethnic education research methods should include at least three interactive levels:the first is the methodology of combiningtheory and practice,macroscopic studies and microscopic studies,qualitative studies and quantitative studies,and the holism;the second is the comprehensive integration of research methods such as field research,empirical research,cross-cultural comparative research,experimental research,and inter-disciplinary research;the third is the problem-oriented integration of various specific methods and techniques froom qualitative to quantitative studies.The three levels constitute the complex paradigm of ethnic education research methods,which is conducive to the emergence of innovative achievements in ethnic education research in China.