New Educational Sociology (The Academic Journey of Continuity and Discontinuity)

Author: Yang Changyong
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: This book conducts a systematic study of "new" educational sociology. Drawing on Kuhn's paradigm concept, it proposes a three-dimensional paradigm analytical framework composed of philosophical paradigms, theoretical paradigms, and research paradigms. It analyzes the phenomenon in the field of education where schools of thought have emerged with cross-cutting, overlapping, and even fragmented boundaries due to the long-term division based on the core concept of "theory" and the dominant methodology of "research." From the perspective of conceptual change, with philosophical paradigms as the main thread, it examines the academic journey of "new" educational sociology from "new directions" to "reproduction theory," "resistance theory," and "critical pedagogy," exploring the continuity and discontinuity in research methods and theoretical viewpoints. It also discusses the implications of this for the discipline development and school construction of educational science in China.