Pedagogy sprouted from The Great Teaching Theory published by Comenius 1632. Focusing on teaching theory, this book opposes feudalism and scholasticism education, systematically expounds the educational viewpoint that meets the requirements of the emerging bourgeoisie, puts forward that teaching must "conform to nature", and demonstrates the principles of simplicity, thoroughness, conciseness and rapidity of teaching.

Pedagogy is a social science that studies human educational activities and their laws, and widely exists in human life. Through the study of educational phenomena and problems, the general laws of education are revealed.

The research object of pedagogy is the phenomena and problems of human education and the general laws of education. It is an intrinsic and essential connection and relationship among education, society, people and various factors within education, and it has objectivity, inevitability, stability and repeatability.