Basic types and characteristics of educational research methods;
As an important research method in natural science, the basic norm of empirical method is to "prove or falsify theoretical hypotheses with empirical materials".
These empirical materials can come from researchers' actual observation or experimental activities (direct experience), or from historical documents (indirect experience) that record previous observation or experimental results. These empirical materials can be quantitative or non-quantitative in form, but they must be testable.
Empirical methods include educational measurement, quantitative observation, questionnaire survey, educational experiment and content analysis.
Educational measurement refers to the quantitative description of educational phenomena or certain attributes of educational objects according to certain rules or scales. It contains three measurement elements: things and their attributes, and the law of numbers or symbols.
The basic feature of educational measurement method is to use a test as a tool to test the research object according to certain rules, so as to obtain quantitative results and draw relevant conclusions through further analysis. It can transform abstract and generalized theoretical research results into convenient tools to reflect individual development level and educational development, and provide reliable data.
The main contents of scientific research on preschool education are:
1, the basic theory of preschool education.
2. The development and educational application of preschool children.
3. Preschool education policy and management.
4. Preschool education curriculum and teachers.