Teacher Kai Cheng recommended: Principles of Education: Principles of Education. There are two or three hundred editions of China, but the content and style almost follow those of Wang Daojun and Wang Hanlan in 1980s. So the content is similar, but there will be some more distinctive ones in the future. Kaicheng lists the classic books of education postgraduate entrance examination as follows, with a brief explanation for your reference. Ye Lan: Introduction to Education, People's Education Press, 2006. This introductory book on pedagogy was recommended for the first time, and it is also a classic textbook. This book discusses the connotation and characteristics of education from three aspects: the relationship between education and society, the relationship between education and people, the relationship between education and society and people. Easy to understand, easy to understand, with strong generality. If the education is interdisciplinary, this book is the first one that must be carefully read, especially the content of "Education and Human Development". Wang Daojun Wang Hanlan: Pedagogy, People's Education Press, 1999. Although this book was republished in 2004 as 1999, its basic framework is still set at about 87 years. Due to the long publication age and outdated content, it is of little enlightening significance. However, as an earlier PEP textbook, it is still circulating in major bookstores. Huang Ji and Wang Cesan: On Modern Education, People's Education Press, 1996. This book was first published in 1993, with modern education as the core concept and modern education as the theoretical basis. Generally speaking, this book is not very demanding for postgraduate entrance examination, so it is not recommended for educational principles. If you want to understand the problems of modern education, you should read more papers in some core journals, especially the educational papers on the copied materials of the National People's Congress, which can really help candidates understand and think. Yuan Zhenguo, ed. Contemporary Pedagogy, Education Science Press, 2004. This textbook is relatively novel and has a lot of knowledge of educational psychology. It's a relatively westernized book on educational principles, which mentions some hot and key issues and is worth reading. It covers a wide range and is explained in detail, but it has also been discussed repeatedly. But on the whole, it is a better reference book. Twelve key normal universities in China: Basic Pedagogy, 2002. There seems to be a new edition in 2008, with 12 chapters, which are education and pedagogy, educational function, educational purpose, educational system, teachers and students, curriculum, classroom teaching, school education and student life, class management and the work of class teachers, student evaluation, teacher education research and educational reform and development. Each chapter of this book adopts a comprehensive writing style, such as content summary, learning objectives, keywords, main conclusions and inspirations, learning evaluation, academic trends and references. The exposition in the book is very incisive, which is especially beneficial to the students who take the postgraduate entrance examination to read and master systematically. It is a good choice to deepen the understanding of educational principles. Zheng Jinzhou, General Theory of Education, East China Normal University Press, 2000 edition, this book has depth. I suggest you review this book almost once, and then read it carefully, so that your theoretical foundation of pedagogy will be by going up one flight of stairs.