20 13 Beijing normal university withdrew from the unified entrance examination for graduate students in education and changed to the independent proposition 740, Basic Synthesis of Education. The examination subjects are: Politics, Foreign Languages and 740 Pedagogy Basic Synthesis, covering principles of pedagogy, educational psychology, educational history of China, foreign educational history and educational research methods. Boren recommended Beijing Normal University's 20 13 postgraduate education reference book:

On Modern Education, Huang, People's Education Press, 2009.

Basic Pedagogy is jointly compiled by twelve key normal universities in China. Education Science Press 2008.

Contemporary Educational Psychology Liu Rude Beijing Normal University Press 2007

Educational Psychology Feng Zhongliang People's Education Press 20 10

Educational Psychology Wu Qinglin People's Education Press, 2006.

Sun Peiqing, History of Education in China, East China Normal University Press, 2009.

A Brief History of Education in China by Wang, Beijing Normal University Press, 2008.

History of Foreign Education, Wang Tianyi Beijing Normal University Press 1993.

Course of Foreign Education History Wu Shiying People's Education Press 20 12

Introduction to educational research methods Pei Dina Anhui Education Press 1995 Introduction to educational research methods Ye Lan Shanghai Education Press.