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Enlightenments From The Transformations Of Paradigm Of Philosophy Of Social Science For Education Research

Posted on:2009-12-01Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:S H TangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2167360242496363Subject:Principles of Education
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Research is always current. Human being's exceeding instinct and the high demand to research decide the gap between current educational research and ideal ones. Therefore, the education research always represents some shortages. To make up this shortcoming, two ways are possible. On the one hand, the education research should be awoken by itself, on the other hand, the methodology of education research should be improved by using the theory resource's experience from other subjects. The enrichment of connotation and strictness of logic of those transformations could be a benefit for education research who is in a difficult position nowadays.Since the 20th century, the philosophy of social science born out of philosophy of science has shown a series of the inclination of the transform of paradigm in the process of development, making up for the insufficiency of the plain empiricism. From the aspect of language as the cut-in point of the new research, being is analyzed based on language who is the apartment of being, extremely expanding the realm of research. The history-culture as the background of research object provide integraded context for the total examination on the research object. Since knowledge be as a new beginning of science research was valued, the knowledge values issue has been reflected seriously in the area of science. These transformations of paradigm of philosophy of social science brines some new views and trends, such as the transformation from positivism to anti-positivism. With the historical and practical factors introduced, the traditional concept on the objective universality of knowledge is challenged , people gradually realize the knowledge of contextualization and uncertainty. The regard of consciousness between the subjectivity changes into the position of constructivism and the compromise among the researchers become part of recognition. The concept of realism is also lashed, advocating that the research should go into the inner structure of things. The traditional and overlooked factors are considered again, especially advocating that female typical thoughts can be used to rebuild the traditional research.The philosophy of social science introduce the practice and unreasonable factors into the science research, which realizes the change of researchers from invisibility to visibility, manifests researchers being position and promote the main body position of researchers. That requires multi-recognition factors should be introduced during the education research, the subjectivity of researchers should be displayed.The researchers'scientific spirit of pursuing science truth in the process of transforms should be assimilated by the education research.The abandonment of personality and fragmentary object orientation requires researcher regards the object as a integrated and value-cared and history-culture being on the allocation to educational research object. Under the background of the transformation of paradigm of philosophy of social science,the universalism and essencialism of the Theory of Knowledge in the traditional education research bring some harmful influences. The favor of universality must. clear up by the way of valuing the contextualized knowledge and promote the education practice rationality.Practice is the resource of education research .So education has to have a foothold on it. It is a good way of education research to insist on beginning research from the practice and backing to it again.Education's historical-cultural character decides that education research have to be examined by putting the research objects into a certain historical-cultural context.
Keywords/Search Tags:The Transformation of Paradigm of Philosophy of Social Science, Methodology of Education Research, Education Researcher, Object of Education Research
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