Historiography of Higher Education Research as a Field of Study:Redefining Its Nature,Scope and Significance
Historiography of higher education research(HER)remains an under-developed field of study,partly due to our miscon-ceptions and misunderstandings of its nature,scope,and significance.Firstly,historiography of HER is,by nature,an integration of historical studies and metatheoretical analysis.It adopts a historical perspective on philosophical ideas as well as a philosophical perspective on historical explanations.Secondly,historiography of HER explores the interaction between educational theories and so-cial institutions,examining the external and internal history of HER.It covers HER both in China and abroad.Thirdly,historiogra-phy of HER not only provides a historical account of the evolution of theories in HER,but also helps to build effective institutions and promote a strong academic culture for HER as a discipline.In a word,historiography of HER as a field of study provides a pan-oramic view of and inspires critical reflection upon the scholarship in HER.It is,therefore,indispensable for establishing HER as an independent academic discipline.
historiography of higher education researchhigher education research(HER)historiography of an academic disci-plinehistorical studiesmeta-theoretical analyses
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