Herbart is a famous German educator and philosopher in the19th century. He is recognized as the founder of modern educational psychology, the "father of modern pedagogy" and the "founder of scientific pedagogy". On the basis of systematic practical philosophy and conceptual psychology, Herbart established the first rigorous and systematic empirical pedagogy system in the history of modern education, which became an important symbol of the birth of scientific pedagogy.

Herbart extended the application of psychological knowledge to the school education system and penetrated into the construction of all educational theories, becoming a typical representative of real educational psychology after Pestalozzi.