Abstract: In educational practice, there exists a phenomenon which indulges in individual or partial educational experience without examining the whole picture, and this phenomenon can be interpreted as educational empiricism. There are the following main characteristics in Educational empiricism: an overenthusiasm for the individual experience, a contempt for education theory and an emotional bigotry for the method and technology. This phenomenon results from educational practitioners' overenthusiasm about the educational experience and misunderstanding of the rigid educational theory. The educational empiricism negatively affects the educational practice and research, and therefore, educational researchers need to realize and overcome limitations of educational experience so as to integrate educational theory into educational practice.

Key words: educational empiricism, educational research, educational theory, educational practice