中国高等教育基本理论建设:新生代学者的缺位与诉求

The Construction of Basic Theories in Chinese Higher Education:The Absence and Appeals of New-Generation Scholars

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摘要高等教育学作为中国最年轻的人文社会科学之一,尚未建成知识边界完整和学科地位独立的基本理论体系。新生代学者是否缺位其中,他们对此又有何诉求?分析新老两代高等教育学人研究主题的各自特征与演化规律发现,老一辈学者对大学之道的求索在新生代学者中日渐式微。对新生代学者进行访谈并结合其对学科建设研究成果的公开观点,发现他们在主观上有疏远基本理论研究的倾向。这种缺位源自对该领域传统研究范式持不同意见和对研究文化的不满,对学科基本理论建设行为本身的价值怀疑,主观上源于其普遍处于学术生涯早期面临的能力恐慌与生存压力。尽管暂时缺位其中,新生代学者对学科基本理论建设仍有切实诉求,他们从自身研究所长出发,希望能将具体问题研究广泛融入基本理论建设,在多学科交叉融合中拓展基本理论研究边界,采用新技术、新方法推动基本理论研究向实证和科学方向转型。新老两代学人对学科基本理论建设总体方向的认识一脉相承,两代学人的研究主题和范式差异也应视为学科成熟的自然渐进过程。 As one of the youngest humanities and social sciences disciplines in China,higher education studies has not yet established a basic theoretical system with complete knowledge boundaries and independent disciplinary status.Is the new generation of scholars absent from this endeavor,and what are their intellectual demands?By analyzing the distinctive characteristics and evolutionary patterns of research themes between senior and junior scholars in this field,the study reveals the gradual decline of the older generation’s pursuit of“the Dao of the University”among younger academics.Interviewing with emerging scholars and combining with their public discourse on discipline construction confirm their subjective tendency to distance themselves from foundational theoretical construction.This detachment stems from divergent perspectives on traditional research paradigms,dissatisfaction with academic culture,skepticism regarding the discipline’s intrinsic value,and subjectively from early-career challenges including capability anxiety and survival pressures.Despite current absence,junior scholars maintain aspirations for disciplinary theory-building.Drawing on their research strengths,they propose integrating specialized problem-solving approaches,expanding theoretical boundaries through interdisciplinary convergence,and advancing empirical scientific transformation of basic theories using novel methodologies and technologies.Scholars from both the older and younger generations share consensus and maintain continuity regarding fundamental issues in the overall direction of the discipline’s basic theoretical construction.The differences in research topics and paradigms across generations should be regarded as a natural progression of the discipline’s maturation.

作者刘进王思宇于宜田高媛 LIU Jin;WANG Siyu;YU Yitian;GAO Yuan(Beijing Institute of Technology,Beijing 100081,China;Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen 518055,China)

机构地区北京理工大学教育学院南方科技大学高等教育研究中心

出处《重庆高教研究》北大核心 2025年第5期96-107,共12页 Chongqing Higher Education Research

基金国家自然科学基金面上项目“‘帽子’政策促进还是抑制了学术人才回流——基于对580万份简历大数据库的人工智能(准)因果推断”(72374023) 国家自然科学基金面上项目“政府奖学金能否提升来华留学生质量——基于机器学习方法的‘一带一路’国家因果推断”(71974012)。

关键词高等教育基本理论学科建设新生代学者学术代际 basic theories of higher education discipline construction new-generation scholars academic generations

分类号 G644 [文化科学—高等教育学]

作者简介刘进,男,江苏东海人,北京理工大学教育学院副研究员,博士生导师,南方科技大学高等教育研究中心访问教授,主要从事高等教育国际化和教育大数据与人工智能研究;于宜田,女,河北邢台人,北京理工大学教育学院博士生,主要从事高等教育国际化研究;高媛,女,天津人,南方科技大学高等教育研究中心助理教授,博士,主要从事高等教育国际化、跨文化教育和高等教育理论研究;通信作者:王思宇,男,山西忻州人,北京理工大学教育学院博士生,主要从事高等教育学和教育基本理论研究。