The Department of Education bears the brilliant achievements of the education discipline of Beijing Normal University. The first authorized point for master's degree and doctor's degree in education was established in China, and the first post-doctoral mobile station in education was established. It was the first to have the right to award doctoral degrees in the first-class discipline of education, and its comprehensive strength is at the leading level in the country. A series of landmark measures have laid a solid foundation for the sustainable development of the Ministry of Education.
The department has a rich and glorious history, inherited and carried forward the advantages of the original disciplines, and vigorously promoted the integration and innovation of disciplines. At present, it has the national key discipline of pedagogy, 13 doctoral degree authorization points, 13 master degree authorization points and 4 undergraduate majors, among which special pedagogy and educational technology are the characteristic specialty construction points of the Ministry of Education.
The Ministry of Education is the bridgehead and source of educational research in China. At present, the department has schools of basic education theory, international and comparative education, educational history and culture, educational technology, educational management, curriculum and teaching, teacher education, educational economics, preschool education and special education.
Substantive academic institutions, such as vocational and adult education colleges, higher education colleges, educational psychology and school consulting colleges, undertake important responsibilities such as discipline construction, scientific research, personnel training and social services.
The department has high-level professional journals such as Comparative Education Research, Pedagogy Journal, Teacher Education Research and Teacher China, which disseminate China's educational academic thoughts and display the latest educational research results.
The Ministry of Education is the consulting center for major national education policies. UNESCO International Rural Education Research and Training Center, Comparative Education Research Center of Humanities and Social Sciences Base of Ministry of Education, Teacher Education Research Center of Humanities and Social Sciences Base of Ministry of Education, Digital Learning and Education Public Service Engineering Research Center of Ministry of Education, China Education Policy Research Institute and National Vocational Education Research Institute.
National Sign Language and Braille Research Center, Capital Learning Society Research Institute, Beijing Key Laboratory of Educational Information Technology, Rural Education and Rural Development Research Institute, Educator Research Institute and other comprehensive cross platforms.
Guided by the major theoretical and practical issues of the country, based on the academic frontier, closely linked to the needs of the country, serving the needs of the public and providing valuable "think tank" support for major national educational decisions.