Basic theoretical research: reveal the essence of educational phenomena, clarify the objective laws of education, summarize the basic theoretical principles of education, and develop and improve educational theories. Through the objective laws of education, we can discover new facts, discover new theories and re-evaluate the original theories.
Applied research: it is a scientific experiment and technical research aimed at specific practical application goals. Educational applied research has practical application value. It transforms the basic theoretical knowledge of educational science into educational skills, educational methods, educational means and educational procedures, and combines educational theory with educational practice to achieve a specific and predetermined goal.
Macro-research: it is a holistic, comprehensive and systematic study of the education system on a large scale. It includes two aspects. First, the relationship between education and the outside world, such as education and political economy, education and social development, education and population.
Second, study the comprehensive problems within education, such as education development, education policy, education structure, education management, education investment and so on.
Meso-research: between macro-research and micro-research, it is a range, a field, a front and a department of educational science research.
Micro-research: it is a concrete and detailed study of a single factor in education. Research is based on the actual situation of education and teaching, and often aims at a certain problem, such as school moral education research, Chinese teaching methods research, poor students' learning disabilities research and so on.