The main research method of comparative education is comparative research. Comparative study is a method to study and judge the similarities or differences between things and people. Comparative research method can be understood as a method to investigate two or more related things according to certain standards, find their similarities and differences, and explore universal laws and special laws.
Literature research is a non-contact research method. Its categories mainly include content analysis, secondary analysis and existing statistical data analysis. In the process of completing the literature review, we should meet the requirements of being targeted, focused, objective and comprehensive, and the whole literature review part should be completed according to the established steps.
Discuss the methods of investigation and research. The investigation and research methods mainly include general survey, sampling survey and typical survey. Its specific operation methods include interview survey, questionnaire survey and table survey. When conducting investigation and research, we must make clear the four elements of investigation and research and the basic requirements of theme design.
Experimental research method is a controllable research method, which aims to reveal the causal relationship between independent variables and dependent variables. This research method has strict logical reasoning and many human factors, but it is easily influenced by other factors. A relatively complete experimental process can be divided into three basic stages: preparation, implementation and summary.
According to different standards, we can divide the comparative research methods into the following categories:
1, which can be divided into single comparison and comprehensive comparison according to the number of attributes.
2. According to the difference of time and space, it can be divided into horizontal comparison and vertical comparison.
According to the direction of the goal, it can be divided into seeking common ground and seeking differences.
4. According to the nature of comparison, it can be divided into qualitative comparison and quantitative comparison.
5. According to the scope of comparison, it can be divided into macro comparison and micro comparison.