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What is educational science?
Educational science is a science that studies educational phenomena and reveals educational laws.

Educational science covers all aspects of education, including educational theory, educational methods, educational psychology and educational history. The goal of educational science is to improve the quality of education, promote educational progress and help students learn and grow better.

2. Through systematic research and practice, educational science constantly explores the essence and laws of education, puts forward new educational ideas and methods, and provides scientific guidance for educational practice. The research results of educational science not only contribute to teachers' educational practice, but also help decision makers to make scientific educational decisions, thus promoting the educational progress of the whole society.

3. Educational science is interdisciplinary. It absorbs the theories and methods of psychology, sociology, philosophy and other disciplines, and forms a unique research field and method system. The research scope of educational science is very wide, ranging from macro educational system and policy to micro classroom teaching and students' learning.

Education science major:

1. Pedagogy: mainly studies educational phenomena and laws, involving basic education theory, curriculum and teaching theory, educational history, comparative education, educational sociology and other fields.

2. Educational psychology: mainly studies psychological phenomena and laws in the process of education, involving learning psychology, developmental psychology, educational psychology and other fields.

3. Economics of education: It mainly studies education investment, benefit and resource allocation, involving education finance, utilization efficiency of education resources, education development and economic growth.

4. Educational management: mainly studies the management of educational institutions and schools, involving educational administration, school management, educational law and other fields.

5. Educational technology: mainly study the application and development of modern educational technology, involving multimedia technology, network technology, artificial intelligence and other fields.

6. Pre-school education: mainly study early childhood education, including early childhood education theory, early childhood education curriculum and early childhood education methods.

7. Special education: it mainly studies the educational problems of disabled children and other students with special educational needs, including special education theory, special education curriculum design and special education evaluation.

8. Physical education: mainly study school physical education, including physical education teaching theory, physical education curriculum design and physical education teaching methods.

9. Art education: mainly study art education issues, including art education theory, art education curriculum design, art education teaching methods, etc.