Herbart is the first educator who clearly put forward that ethics and psychology should be the basis of educational theory system. In the preface to the Outline of Pedagogy, he said: Education, as a science, is based on practical philosophy (ethics) and psychology. The former points out the purpose of education, while the latter points out the means and methods to achieve it. Therefore, western educational historians call him "the founder of scientific pedagogy".

In the history of western education, he is known as "the founder of scientific pedagogy" and "the father of educational science" and "the father of modern pedagogy" in the history of world education. The representative work General Pedagogy, which reflects his educational thoughts, is recognized as the first educational work with a scientific system.

Herbart's life

1776, Herbart was born into a sheriff's family in oldenburg. I studied philosophy with Fichte in Jena.

/kloc-started teaching philosophy in gottingen in 0/805.

1809, he went to konigsberg to take over as chairman of Kant's philosophy, where he founded an experimental school.

1833, he returned to gottingen as a professor of philosophy until his death. ?