Reconstruction of and Achievements in Sociology of Education in China(1979—1992): Focusing on the Time Frame and Three Aspects of the “Discipline Reconstruction”(PDF)
《南京师大学报》（社会科学版）[ISSN:1006-6977/CN:61-1281/TN]
- Issue:
- 2022年04期
- Page:
- 34-48
- Research Field:
- 教育学研究
- Publishing date:
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- Title:
- Reconstruction of and Achievements in Sociology of Education in China(1979—1992): Focusing on the Time Frame and Three Aspects of the “Discipline Reconstruction”
- Author(s):
- CHENG Tianjun
- Keywords:
- sociology of education in China; discipline reconstruction; studies of the history of discipline
- PACS:
- -
- DOI:
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- Abstract:
- The identification of the “reconstruction period” of Sociology of Education in China's mainland should not be determined by the soft criterion of the “academic research progress”, which will lead to endless controversy, but by the measurements of the “construction of the disciplinary system”(metaphorically the “face” of the discipline)and with reference to the “basic construction of the discipline”(metaphorically the “hardware” of the discipline). Accordingly, we argue in this paper that the “reconstruction period” of Sociology of Education in China's mainland began in 1979 and ended in 1992. During this period, the Sociology of Education finished its discipline reconstruction by making the following three achievements:(1)the discipline system construction marked by the restoration of the relevant courses in universities, the establishment of national academic organizations, and the publication of academic journals;(2)the discipline basic construction marked by the formation of the key research teams and the accumulation of seminal literature;(3)the discipline theory construction marked by the expansion of research field, the enrichment of research methods and the influence of research results. Through their joint efforts, the researchers in China basically completed the construction of the discipline system, made substantial progress in discipline basic construction, and achieved initial success in discipline theory construction in the field of Sociology of Education in the period of 1979—1992. It is astonishing for the Sociology of Education in China's mainland, which had been interrupted for 30 years, to make such achievements in so short a period of time.
Last Update: 2022-08-25