The purpose of this subject is to cultivate senior professionals with solid basic theory, professional knowledge system and strong research ability, who are engaged in vocational education research, education management, education training and education teaching; After graduation, students can not only engage in on-the-job teacher education theory training, teaching and education management in related majors, but also engage in professional scientific research personnel in vocational education and teaching research.

This subject has four research directions: educational principles, comparative vocational education, moral education and the work of class teachers, and educational sociology. This subject mainly studies the basic theoretical problems in pedagogy, explores the general principles and laws of education, and focuses on the essence and historical development of education, the value and function of education, the relationship between education and politics, economy, science and technology, culture and population, educational purposes, teaching principles, educational concepts, moral principles and educational research methods.