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What major does pedagogy refer to?
Pedagogy major is an undergraduate major in colleges and universities, which belongs to pedagogy major.

The basic study period is four years, and academic degrees are awarded. This major cultivates compound talents with good ideological and moral quality, high educational theory accomplishment and strong practical ability in education, who can engage in teaching, scientific research and management in primary and secondary schools, educational research institutions and educational administrative departments at all levels.

Students in this major mainly study the basic theories and knowledge of educational science, receive basic training in educational science research, and master the basic ability of engaging in education and teaching.

Courses for pedagogy majors:

1, general education courses:

General education courses mainly include ideological and political theory courses, college foreign languages, computer basics and applications, college physical education, cultural quality education courses, entrepreneurship basic courses, employment and entrepreneurship guidance courses, etc. It aims to improve students' basic knowledge literacy, scientific and humanistic literacy, moral quality and physical and mental quality.

2, professional basic courses:

Professional basic courses mainly include educational principles, educational research methods, China's educational history, foreign educational history, curriculum and teaching theory, general psychology, educational psychology, developmental psychology, modern educational technology, introduction to special education, etc.

3, professional direction courses:

Colleges and universities can determine professional courses according to the educational training objectives, and the teaching content should cover the core knowledge points of business, including: moral principles, educational philosophy, educational sociology, educational culturology, the history of China's educational thought, the history of western educational thought, etc.

The main courses of pedagogy

Pedagogy courses are mainly divided into pedagogy and psychology. The main course covers a wide range, from basic theory to practical training, from historical exploration to horizontal comparison, from discipline combing to introduction of related disciplines, all of which are included in the main course.

Psychology courses include: general psychology, developmental psychology, personality psychology, educational psychology, experimental psychology and so on. These courses help students understand the process of people's psychological growth, the characteristics and laws of people's growth in various periods, and the objects of education.

Pedagogy courses include: principles of pedagogy, history of foreign education, history of China education, foundation of educational research methods, curriculum and teaching theory, principles of moral education, history of western philosophy, quantitative research of education, history of pedagogy and selected readings of Chinese and foreign educational masterpieces.

These courses can enable students to master the basic theories and knowledge of pedagogy, be familiar with the basic methods of educational scientific research, and master the basic skills of school curriculum design and teaching.