再制与超越:教育社会学“文化再生产”研究前沿比较-清华大学教育研究

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Title:: Reproduction and Transcendence: A Comparison of the Frontiers of“Cultural Reproduction” Research in the Sociology of Education

Author(s):: LI Xiao-xuan¹ CHENG Tian-jun²; 1.School of Education Science, Nanjing Normal University; 2.Centre for Sociology of Education, Nanjing Normal University

Keywords:: cultural reproduction; reproduction; production; international comparison; sociology of education

摘要:: 以美国《教育社会学》和《英国教育社会学期刊》近十年的文化再生产研究为样本,通过追踪前沿与追忆传统,发现前者以量化研究为主,擅长利用长期数据,反思理论传统;后者偏重质性研究,在跨文化比较中关注世界范围的文化再生产。中产阶级的集体教育焦虑与精英阶层的潜在教育危机,是当下全球教育社会学的共同焦点。西方的文化再生产研究尽管因其学术传统与社会情境差异而在学术旨趣上有别,却共享“再制性”的文化再生产逻辑;而在中国的“教育社会”中,文化再生产呈现出生产性、维护性和流动性的统一,底层通过教育实现跃升、中上层通过教育维护地位,教育始终被视为实现社会流动的重要阶梯。中国当下的文化再生产研究,既深刻解释本土教育现象,也为全球教育研究提供了新的理论视角和思想资源。

Abstract:: This study examines the frontiers of cultural reproduction research by analyzing articles published in the Sociology of Education and the British Journal of Sociology of Education over the past decade. The findings indicate that American research in this field is predominantly quantitative, leveraging long-term data and engaging in theoretical reflection. In contrast, British research tends to focus on qualitative methods and cross-cultural comparisons on a global scale. The study also reveals that middle-class educational anxiety and the crisis in elite education have become global focal points in the sociology of education. Despite differing academic traditions and social contexts, Western cultural reproduction studies follow a common “reproductive” logic. In China’s unique “education-centered society”, cultural reproduction combines production, maintenance, and mobility. The lower classes utilize education for upward mobility, while the dominant class classes employ it to preserve their status. Education serves as a vital ladder for social mobility. Furthermore, the current research on cultural reproduction in China not only provides in-depth explanations of local educational phenomena but also offers new theoretical perspectives and intellectual resources for global education research.