远程教育社会学研究的定量和定性分析

马红亮

（陕西师范大学 教育技术系， 陕西西安 710062）

【摘要】远程教育社会学研究有三大范畴：社会规定性、社会特性和社会功能。通过对国内外大量文献定量和定性的内容分析发现：在研究内容方面，国内外在三大研究范畴上均有所涉及，但国内研究主要集中于社会功能研究，国外研究主要集中于社会特性研究，而且国内和国外在各自研究领域中的侧重点也有所不同；在研究方法方面，国内以纯理论研究为主，而国外普遍注重定量或定性的科学研究方法的运用。

【关键词】远程教育； 社会规定性； 社会特性； 社会功能； 内容分析

【中图分类号】G40-052【文献标识码】A

【文章编号】1007-2179（2005）04-0040-04

Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Research 

in Sociology of Distance Education

MA Hongliang

( Education Technology Department,Shannxi Normal University, 

Shannxi Xi'an,710062,China)

Abstract: Three major research categories was proposed to sociology of distance education at first, including the social stipulation, social characteristics and social function. Based of this, quantitative and qualitative content analysis were carried on domestic and international literature separately. The results show that the scope of domestic and international research in this field is the same basically, but their focus is different, and that there are remarkable differences in the research method.

Key words: distance education; social stipulation; social characteristics; social function; content analysis