试论「教育的比较研究」和「比较教育研究」

Comparative Research in Education verses Studies in Comparative education

本文从词源学、哲学、学科和方法等维度去认识「比较」，认为教育的比较研究是依据一定的参照点或框架，遵循基本法则，展开对任何两个或两个以上的教育事物进行研究。比较教育研究是具有确证身份的比较教育研究者在遵照教育的比较研究的共性下，对民族国家边界内的两个或两个以上民族国家的教育进行跨国性、跨文化性、跨学科性的学科逻辑的研究。

The article seeks to perceive “comparison” in the perspectives of etymology， philosophy， the discipline and method. It deems that comparative research in Education is to compare two or more educational objects， ideas， people， etc. in order to identify similarities and differences based on certain frame of reference or framework， following basic laws. Research in comparative education is for the educational comparativists with verifiable identity to conduct cross-national， cross-cultural， cross-disciplinary research on the two or more educational objects， ideas， etc. within the nation-state boundary， following the generality of comparative research in education.