The spread of pedagogy in China depends not only on the educational discipline itself, but also on the social, historical and cultural background of China. With the wide spread of "Western learning spreading to the east" and the direct promotion of the rise of normal education, the spread of western pedagogy in China has become an important phenomenon in the process of educational modernization in China. The spread of western pedagogy in China has gone through the process from western education to western education system, educational thought, to pedagogy, from missionaries as the main body and then to China as the main body.

The spread of western pedagogy in China promoted the birth, initial construction, reconstruction and development of China pedagogy, and promoted the integration of China pedagogy with the international community. How to spread western pedagogy is still an important issue that educators in China need to further consider. We need to change the development mode of copying and imitating western pedagogy, rationally analyze the significance and function of western pedagogy, do a good job in the dissemination of western pedagogy wisely, and strengthen the study of the history of western pedagogy in order to promote the development of China pedagogy.

What is the history of pedagogy?

The research object of pedagogy is education in short.

Pedagogy is a science that studies educational activities and reveals educational laws.

The development of pedagogy is closely related to the development of education, which requires the participation of philosophy, psychology and other related disciplines.

Because education is still in the primary stage and experience stage, it is impossible for pedagogy with a certain theoretical system to be a summary of educational experience, and pedagogy has not yet become an independent discipline.

Ancient educational thoughts are often mixed with philosophy, politics, ethics and religion, such as The Analects of Confucius in ancient China and The Republic in ancient western countries. Although these works contain a lot of expositions on education, they can't be called educational monographs.

The earliest educational monograph in the world should be China's Xue Ji (generally believed to have been written in the pre-Qin period); The earliest educational monograph in the West is The Principle of Eloquence written by quintilian (about 35-95) in ancient Rome, but there is no complete educational system.

British scholar Bacon (1561-1626) published "The Value and Development of Science" in 1623, which listed pedagogy as an independent discipline for the first time.

At this time, it is the early stage of capitalist development, and scientific classification has made great progress.

Confucius (55 1-479) was a thinker, educator and founder of Confucianism in the late Spring and Autumn Period.

In the history of education in China, he was the first person to establish a large-scale private school. According to legend, he trained 3000 disciples, 72 of whom were proficient in the Six Arts.

He also compiled and edited cultural classics such as Poem, Book, Rite, Book of Changes, Spring and Autumn Annals, etc., as teaching materials for his disciples.

After his death, his remarks were compiled into The Analects by disciples and re-transmitted disciples (which also recorded the words and deeds of some disciples of Confucius), which is one of the Confucian classics and an important material for studying Confucius' thoughts.