2011•Journal of Guangxi Normal UniversityRequires access
On the Dilemma and the Solution in Epistemology for Sociology of Education's Theoretical Innovation in China
Rui Xu
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Abstract
The researches of sociology of education in China lack theoretical innovation for various reasons.But the basic reason may be epistemological dilemma on sociology of education's teaching and research,which is based on the wrong understanding of the discipline character.Seeing sociology of education as a branch of normative pedagogy or a purely applied science of sociology is an epistemological barrier which blocks the theoretical innovation of sociology of education in China.The way to theoretical innovation in the researches of sociology of education is to see sociology of education not only as a branch of sociology,but also an a special theoretical branch of sociology.