北高师教育研究科的历史境遇

The Historical Situation of Education Research Section in Beijing Higher Normal School

北高师教育研究科成立前后，中国教育界正在进行“高师改大”与“废止高师”的争辩，其中如何安置“教育科”，是争论的核心问题之一。主张废止高师者，主张模仿哥伦比亚大学师范学院的办学模式，设置“教育科”于大学。在高师地位受到威胁的情况下，北高师设置了教育研究科。其动议是陈宝泉乃至整个北高师对教育研究及教育学术专门人才培养的一贯重视，其现实出发点是争“教育精神唯一的机关”，为高师升格为大学作准备，而其形式和具体内容则是来自哥伦比亚大学师范学院。教育研究科设置之后，卷入“校长风潮”，遭遇诸多复杂的现实问题。

At the time when the Education Research Section was founded in Beijing Higher Normal School, there was argument to change Higher Normal School to college and to abolish Higher Normal School, in which the placement of Department of Education is one of the core issues. The supporter of abolition of Higher Normal School held the view of imitating the Teachers College of Columbia University and setting Department of Education at university. Higher Normal School set the Education Research Section when its position was under threat. The motivation is Chen Bao-quan's or even the Higher Normal School's emphasis on education research as well as the fostering of education academic specialists; the realistic starting point is to fight for the only institution with the spirit of education and prepare for the upgrading to university status. The format and content of Education Research Section was learnt from the Teachers College of Columbia University. Education Research Section was involved in the “principal unrest” and encountered many complex practical problems after its establishment.