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Characteristics of comparative pedagogy
Although great achievements have been made in the research of comparative education, more and more countries in the world attach importance to comparative education. However, due to the different educational systems and guiding ideology in different countries, how to solve the problem of unifying comparative standards in comparative education research requires comparative educators to explore deeply and innovate. With the progress of the times, the distance between countries is shortened, and academic exchanges in education are increasing. AumlDagogik) is also getting more and more attention. French educator Marc-Antoine julien is known as the father of comparative education. He was the first scholar who systematically engaged in comparative education research. Comparative pedagogy is an educational science with comparative method as the main method, which studies the general and special laws of education in all countries of the world, reveals the main factors and relations of education development, and explores the future development trend of education.

From this definition, we can see that comparative pedagogy is both an applied science and a theoretical science. It is an applied science because it provides rich experience in dealing with education in different countries or regions and can be used as an example to improve the educational practice in our country or region. The reason why it is a theoretical science is that it reveals the forming conditions or restrictive factors of education in different countries or regions, explores the development trend and general laws of education, and makes mirror learning follow the theory and will not be blindly implemented. It is not only an applied science, but also a theoretical science and a major feature of comparative education. The study of comparative pedagogy can broaden our horizons, broaden our knowledge and deepen our understanding of China's education system and education itself. We can learn from the successful experience and failure lessons of foreign education as a reference for our educational reform; Can enhance international understanding and promote international cultural exchanges; It can enrich students' knowledge and improve their ability to analyze and study problems. The research of comparative pedagogy should absorb the methods of system theory, cybernetics and information theory, and take comprehensiveness, integrity, dynamics and practicality as the basic principles of research.