中国儿童学研究的关键议题分析及其启示

Analysis and Implications of Key Issues in Children's Studies in China

儿童学研究在中国要实现良好发展,必须解决三个关键议题.一是确定儿童学的学科定位.儿童学应当是学科性与超学科性的统一体.学科性只能作为儿童学研究的外在组织结构和形式,超学科性才是儿童学研究的本质特征.二是确定儿童学的研究范围与内容框架.儿童学研究应当紧密围绕儿童与童年这个中心来进行组织、生成和扩展.凡是一切与儿童和童年有关、旨在促进儿童生存与发展的话题都可以成为儿童学的研究内容.儿童学的研究对象不应当局限在狭义的儿童群体内,而是可以延伸至整个人类.三是确定儿童学的主要研究方法.这就需要回应并处理好四个方面的关系,即方法论与具体研究方法之间的关系、研究过程中的儿童与成人的关系、量化研究与质性研究的关系、儿童学与其他学科之间的关系.

To achieve good development in children'studies in China,threekey issues must be addrssed.Thefirst issue is to detemine the disciplinary positioning ofchildren's studies Children'sstudies should beaunity fdisciplinary andtransdisciplinary nature,with transdisciplinary nature being the essential feature of children's studies and disciplinary nature as the extemal organizationalstructure andfom.Thesecondissue istodetermine theresearch scopeandcontent frameworkofchildren'sstudies which should be closely organized,generated,and expanded around the centre of children and childhood.All topics related to children and childhood,aimed at promoting children's survival and development,can become the research content of children's studies.The research object of children's studies should extend beyond anarow groupof chidren and include the entire human race.The third ssue is to determine the main research methods for children's studies,which requires handling the relationship between methodology and specific research methods,the relationship between children and adults in the research proces,the relationship between quanttative and qualitativeresearch,andthe relationship between children's studies and other disciplines.