中国教育学研究的问题与改进路向

Pedagogic Study in China: Problems and Orientation of Improvement

社会转型以及教育实践与教育理论的发展都要求教育学研究者重新审视教育学自身所面临的问题。这些问题主要表现为:做纯粹的概念研究;漠视实践问题,缺乏实践意识;用外来的理论去诠释中国实践;用既定的理论程式去说明、“规范”实践。之所以出现这些问题,既有教育学理论发展历史的原因,也有教育学研究者成长经历及社会分工等方面的原因。教育学研究要走出困境,需要聚焦教育实践,即关注实践、参与实践、批判实践、改进实践。

The social transition and the development of educational practice and theory require researchers to re-analyze the problems which pedagogy suffers. At present, the problems are featured by such practices as doing pure conceptual research without emphasis on practical issues and senses, using foreign theories to annotate the realities in China or explaining, 'regularizing' practice with established theoretical patterns. The reasons for such dilemma not only lie in pedagogic theories, but also rest in pedagogic researchers' growing process and social division. To get rid of the dilemma, it is necessary to focus the emphasis of pedagogic research on those issues in educational practice. Namely, efforts must be made to emphasize practice, involve in practice, criticize practice and improve practice.