高等教育学研究范式及其演进

库恩的“范式”理论认为成熟学科的标志应该是某个科学共同体围绕某一学科或专业所具有的理论上或方法上的共同信念。这种共同信念规定了科学共同体所拥有的共同的基本理论、基本观点、基本方法，为其提供了共同的理论模型和解决问题的框架。依“范式”标准衡量来看，高等教育学并不是一门成熟的学科，但是在研究中存在经验体系研究范式和理论体系研究范式，从最初的经验体系研究范式向理论体系研究范式的转变展示了高等教育研究的历史脉络，在未来的发展中则应逐渐向问题取向的研究范式转变。

Higher Education Research Paradigm and Its Evolution

In Kuhn＇s ＂Paradigm＂ theory, the sign of a mature discipline is the shared ideas of a scientific community in theory and method. These shared ideas make it necessary for people in the same scientific community to accept the same basic theory, concepts and approach,and provide them with a common theoretical model and framework for solving problems. According to the standard set in the ＂paradigm＂, higher education is not a mature discipline. The shift from the experience paradigm to the theory paradigm indicates the development of higher education research and shows that a problem-oriented paradigm should be adopted in the future.