Pedagogy is an independent discipline. Pedagogy is a social science that studies human educational phenomena, solves educational problems and reveals general educational laws. Education is a social phenomenon widely existing in human life, and pedagogy is an activity to cultivate social people purposefully. It reveals the general law of education through the study of various educational phenomena and problems.
1. The conditions for the independence of pedagogy mainly include:
Academic accumulation of scholars;
The need to cultivate teachers with new educational ideas and master new educational methods;
The general trend of scientific classification development since modern times and the establishment of scientific methodology;
The unremitting efforts of some famous scholars and scientists in modern times.
2. The marks of pedagogy independence mainly include:
Education has become a special research field;
Formed a special educational concept and category theory;
Adopt scientific research methods;
Some specialized and systematic educational works have appeared;
Specialized educational research institutions have emerged.
It took about 200 years before and after the sign appeared. Therefore, the independence of pedagogy is a historical process, not completed in an instant.