The invention relates to a scanning device and a scanning method. The scanning device comprises a first scanning part, a second scanning part, a first light-transmitting plate and a correcting part, wherein the first light-transmitting plate is used for bearing documents to be scanned and is arranged between the first scanning part and the second scanning part; the correcting part is used for correcting the first scanning part and the second scanning part and is provided with a first surface and a second surface which are opposite; opposite to the first scanning part, the movable second scanning part is provided with a first position and a second position; when the second scanning part is positioned at the first position, the first scanning part and the second scanning part carry out double-surface scanning on the documents to be scanned; when the second scanning part is positioned at the second position, the first surface of the correcting part corrects the first scanning part, and the second surface of the correcting part corrects the second scanning part. According to the scanning device, one correcting part can be utilized for correcting the first scanning part and the second scanning part simultaneously, so that not only is the cost saved, but also the introduction of correction errors can be reduced.