讲座主题：Heuristics in educational research

主讲人： Yisu Zhou / 周忆粟

主讲人介绍：Yisu Zhou is currently an Associate Professor of educational policy at the University of Macau. Dr. Zhou obtained his doctoral degree from Michigan State University (Ed Policy 12') and an undergraduate degree from East China Normal University (Statistics 05'). He worked as a research associate in Regional Educational Laboratory at MSU with large-scale administrative data (08-12). He also worked on the World Bank's SABER team in 2010. Dr. Zhou's main area of research is the educational policy and sociology of education. His recent work is published in Sociological Research and Methods, Social Science Computer Review, Chinese Sociological Review, and the State Journal. He also serves as the team member of OECD's PISA-Macao project. 

内容简介：This talk reviews the basic old debates in educational research: what constitutes an explanation? What are the basic debates among contemporary research schools? Is social science knowledge accumulative? What is the implication for designing our own research projects? Using the fractal framework of Andrew Abbott, this talk first discusses the normal science approach of research design. Then this talk treats the incompatible worldview among different research traditions as heuristics for generating new ideas in educational research. Several commonly used heuristics are discussed along with examples. 

主持人： 廖伟博士

时间：12月17日 上午 10:00-11:30

地点：英东楼614