【摘要】 研究方法是研究者发现新问题、提出新理论的重要工具或手段。以部属师范高校663篇高等教育学硕士学位论文为研究样本，从整体视角和比较视角考察研究方法的使用特点和变化趋势，发现重定性轻定量、重思辨轻质性特点显著，且研究方法使用过于集中、单一。提升高等教育学研究生培养质量，促进研究方法的科学化、综合化、多元化、跨学科化，应加强实证研究深度，提升高等教育研究科学化水平；树立混合方法意识，倡导定性研究与定量研究的有机耦合；坚持多元化取向，促进研究方法综合化和跨学科化；注重人文关怀，追求工具理性和价值理性的统一。更多还原

【Abstract】 The application of research methods is an important means for researchers to discover new problems and put forward new theories. Six hundred and sixty six theses for master degree of Higher Education in the normal universities under the jurisdiction of the Education Ministry are taken as the research samples, whose employment of research methods is explored holistically and comparatively in terms of their characteristics in application and the trend of varieties. It is found that rational analysis is preferred to qualitative researches, which in turn is preferred to quantitative ones. Besides, variety is lacking in the selection of research methods in those theses. It is suggested that Higher Education post-graduate training should emphasize the application of scientific, comprehensive, pluralistic and cross-disciplinary research methods, enhance the depth of empirical studies, encourage the combination of qualitative and quantitative methods, adhere to the pluralistic orientation, and pursue the unity of instrumental rationality and value rationality.更多还原