許美德是國際比較教育界著名學者,加拿大多倫多大學安大略教育研究院教授。許美德常用的比較教育研究方法是理想類型、敘事研究和案例研究,這尤其表現為她對中外高等教育比較所構建的理想類型框架,對中國知名教育家所進行的敘事研究,以及對中國大眾化高等教育所進行的案例研究。描述和理解許美德的比較教育研究方法和思路,有助于我們從方法的路徑更好地理解當代比較教育的發展。

Professor Ruth Hayhoe is a well-known scholar in the field of international comparative education,and a professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto in Canada.Comparative education research methods typically used by Ruth Hayhoe are the ideal types,narrative studies and case studies,which are represented by her framework of ideal type of comparison between Chinese and foreign higher education,narrative study in Chinese well-known educators,and case study of Chinese mass higher education.It is of great significance to better understand the development of contemporary comparative education from the perspective of her research methods.