研究生课程教育研究的基础：方法论、知识论及本体论Topic 6Synthesis ofFoundations ofEducational Research
Topic 6 Synthesis of Foundations of Educational Research 研究生课程 教育研究的基础：方法论、知识论及本体论
Synthesis of the Foundations of SocialEducationalResearchThe complexity of the social reality: In light of theontological characterization of the social realitystipulated by the critical realists and new institutionalists,social and educational researchers are now in a betterposition to clarify the objects of study confronting themThe features of the social reality may be summarized asfollows
The complexity of the social reality: In light of the ontological characterization of the social reality stipulated by the critical realists and new institutionalists, social and educational researchers are now in a better position to clarify the objects of study confronting them. The features of the social reality may be summarized as follows Synthesis of the Foundations of Social Educational Research
Synthesis ofthe Foundations of SocialEducationalResearchThe complexity of the social realityThe primary object of study in social and educational researchis human agent. They are endowed with capacities of meaningcreating and understanding, intentional planning and will ofcarrying out their plans to the endsThese human agents also endowed with the capacities to workcooperatively and concertedly to fulfill collectively recognizedgoals. They are able to typify, habitualize, routinize, objectivatecrystalize and institutionalize their concerted efforts intostandardized and formalized "rules of the game" known as“institution"(North, 1990, P. 3)
The complexity of the social reality: The primary object of study in social and educational research is human agent. They are endowed with capacities of meaning creating and understanding, intentional planning and will of carrying out their plans to the ends. These human agents also endowed with the capacities to work cooperatively and concertedly to fulfill collectively recognized goals. They are able to typify, habitualize, routinize, objectivate, crystalize and institutionalize their concerted efforts into standardized and formalized “rules of the game” known as “institution”(North, 1990, P. 3) Synthesis of the Foundations of Social Educational Research
Synthesis of the Foundations of SocialEducationalResearchThe complexity of the social reality:Based on the conceptions of social institution human socialinteractions are then construed to have possessed the featuresof regularity, persistence, continuity, and commonality or evenuniversality across space and time. As a result, these featurescan be studied with statistical-positivistic methods with theobjectives of obtaining valid and reliable law-like conclusionsandpredictions
The complexity of the social reality: Based on the conceptions of social institution human social interactions are then construed to have possessed the features of regularity, persistence, continuity, and commonality or even universality across space and time. As a result, these features can be studied with statistical-positivistic methods with the objectives of obtaining valid and reliable law-like conclusions and predictions. Synthesis of the Foundations of Social Educational Research
Synthesis ofthe Foundations of SocialEducationalResearchThe complexity of the social reality:It must be emphasized immediately that these "law-like" andpredictable results are in essence different from those attainedin natural-scientific researches. The degrees of universalityacross space and permanence over time of the results producedin social sciences are not as nomological as those in naturalsciences. That is because, in ontological terms, socialinstitutions
The complexity of the social reality: It must be emphasized immediately that these “law-like” and predictable results are in essence different from those attained in natural-scientific researches. The degrees of universality across space and permanence over time of the results produced in social sciences are not as nomological as those in natural sciences. That is because, in ontological terms, social institutions Synthesis of the Foundations of Social Educational Research