Meta-study is to critically examine the nature and structure of existing disciplines. For anyone,

For a discipline, critical and reflective "meta-research" is always the cornerstone of its development and a guide to correct its development direction.

The "meta-study" of China's educational history began in the late 1970s and 1980s.

At the beginning, it was mainly marked by 1980' s "China Seminar on the Discipline System of Educational History". This conference revolves around the history of education in China.

Research object and scope, research purpose and task, development stages and stages of China's educational history, and branches of China's educational history.

The relationship and difference between the department and the teaching material system are discussed.