In Pursuit of Independence:Development of Chinese Educology as an Academic Discipline since the Reform and Opening-Up
Since the reform and opening-up,Chinese Educology as an academic discipline has been striving to gain independence from the"others".Firstly,it has established itself as a separate discipline within China's higher education institutions to block the interference of political ideologies.Secondly,Chinese Educology has developed and differentiated itself from common sense,non-science,and other disciplines to establish its disciplinarity.Thirdly,Chinese Educology has constructed its own"discourse system"(namely,academic concepts and related research perspectives)to break western hegemony in educational studies.Chinese education researchers should constantly be on guarded against the unwarranted influence of those external"others",and only in this way can we build Chinese Educology into a truly independent academic discipline.
Chinese Educologydisciplinarityautonomyscientific methodology