(College of Physical Education,Fujian Normal University,Fuzhou 350007,China) Abstract: The author carried out element analysis on 2,162 academic degree theses written by graduate students majoring in science of physical education in China between 1981 and 2002, so as to study the evolution of research topics selected by graduate students majoring in science of physical education and the changes of research methods. The selected topics of academic degree theses written by graduate students majoring in science of physical education are mainly application researches as always,and fundamental and development researches are highly valued gradually,while research methods are switching from research tradition of positivism that bases its mainstream on experimental nature and quantification,to the research of construction doctrine of annotation and qualification. Key words: science of physical education; graduate student; academic degree thesis; topic selected for research; research method |