Johann friedrich herbart (1766 ~ 184 1) was a German educator in the 9th century. My father is a local judge, and my mother is also smart and educated. General Pedagogy is Herbart's early work, which is regarded as the first pedagogy work with scientific system in the history of western education.

Herbart pointed out that the two theoretical foundations of the educational theoretical system are ethics and psychology. As a science, pedagogy is based on practical philosophy and psychology. The former explains the purpose of education, while the latter explains the ways, means and obstacles of education.

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"General Pedagogy" is divided into three volumes, which respectively expound various problems of educating the younger generation. In the first volume, Herbart explained the general purpose of education, including the management of children and "formal education".

In the second volume, he discusses all aspects of interest, and explains the teaching plan and subject setting of the school based on the theory of interest, as well as the role of each subject in intellectual education. At the same time, he expounded the general principles of "teaching process" and "teaching results" under the title of "various interests"