社会理论视野下的特殊教育学探讨

The Study of Special Education in the Perspective of Social Theories

The field of special education has been neglecting the analyses and discussion of social theories. As a branch of social science， the theoretical construction of special education needs to go beyond its own narrow areas and should be reflected and explored in the perspective of social theories. The paradigms of social theories influence and promote the changes of theories and practices of special education: positivism promotes the scientification of special education， and interpretivism embodies the humanization of special education， and criticism guides special education towards ideal goals with the critic for tradition. These three theoretical traditions and their branches interpret special education from different angles using different approaches， together constituting the framework system of social theories in the field of special education.