试论比较教育研究中的实地调查

On the "Field Work" in Comparative Education Research

实地调查是比较教育研究中不可或缺的方法，通过实地调查可以深入了解所研究区域的教育文化及其功能，通过实地调查能够收集到全面的、真实可靠的一手教育资料，通过实地调查能够形成区域教育知识，实地调查具有建构比较教育学理论的基础作用。关于在比较教育学领域中如何开展实地调查，日本著名比较教育学者大塚丰教授在日本比较教育学会会刊《比较教育学研究》2005年第31号上发表的《作为方法的实地调查——研究比较教育学方法论的一个视点》一文能够给我们提供许多具体的指导

Field work is indispensable in comparative education research, by which the educational culture and its use or function of the studied area can be deeply understood, and comprehensive, real and reliable first-hand educational information can be collected, regional education knowledge can be gained, so field work can play the basic role for constructing comparative education theories. For howto carry through field work in the field of comparative education, the thesis, Field Work as a Method—A Viewpoint of Comparative Education Methodology Research published in proceedings of Japanese Society of Comparative Education, "Comparative Education Research"in No. 31 issued in 2005, given by the famous comparative education scholar in Japan, Professor Yutaka Otsuka, can give us a lot of specific guidance.