摘要
高等教育研究的出现得益于世界范围内高等教育的繁荣,但是,高等教育学的学科建设和理论建构却并未在各国真正落地,这导致学科在诞生后就面临知识合法化的危机,有关高等教育学功用的质疑也越来越多。其原因并不来自研究技术与方法的孱弱,而是无法利用知识与高等教育实践建立互动关系,在高等教育实践需求和学科知识供给之间还有较大的裂痕。历史上,高等教育研究将发达国家的经验向全世界传播取得一定的成功,也为各类利益相关者提供了解释高等教育发展现象的工具。然而,高等教育学的需求困境在于学科知识难以对不同国家变化的实践活动提供有针对性的理论引导。严格说来,社会成员需要更新有关高等教育性质的认知,这是对高等教育学的需求所在。不论是知识生产还是人才培养,中国高等教育学都应该直面实践,从关注专业经验走向关注专业知识,立足高等教育发展的本土问题,提炼中国高等教育改革的本土经验和本土理论,重塑朝向未来的学科建设模式。
Higher Education Studies(HES)has evolved into an academic discipline,thanks to the enormous growth in global higher education in the last few decades.However,many people still doubt the legitimacy of knowledge produced by HES,not only because research methodologies adopted are often not rigorous enough,but also because there remains a huge gap between research and practice in HES.Though it creates theoretical frameworks to explain various higher education phenomena,HES can hardly provide guidance tailored to local practices in different countries.Therefore,as higher education researchers in China,we should be more practice-oriented,no matter in knowledge production or talent training.On the other hand,we should not just introduce good practices of those developed countries but draw lessons and develop theories from our own experiences.Through finding local solutions for local problems and updating our understanding about the nature of higher education,we can bridge the research-practice gap and reshape the future of HES as a discipline.
出处
《现代大学教育》
北大核心
2024年第1期14-25,111,共13页
Modern University Education
基金
2022年江苏省高等教育学会专项课题“高等教育学学科建设面临的问题与对策研究”,项目编号:2022JSGJKT009。
关键词
高等教育
高等教育研究
高等教育学
大学
学科危机
higher education
higher education research
higher education studies
the university
the legitimacy crisis confronting an academic discipline
