Johann friedrich herbart (German: johann friedrich herbart,1May 4, 776-1841August/2008 14) was a German philosopher, psychologist and founder of science pedagogy in the 9th century.

In the history of modern education, no educator can compare with it. His educational thought had a great, extensive and far-reaching influence on the school educational practice and the development of educational theory at that time and even in the next hundred years. In the history of western education, he is known as "the founder of science pedagogy".

In the history of world education, he is called "the father of educational science" and "the father of modern pedagogy". The representative work of General Pedagogy, which reflects his educational thoughts, is recognized as the first pedagogy work with a scientific system.

1776, Herbart was born into a sheriff's family in oldenburg. I studied philosophy with Fichte in Jena. Under the careful training of his mother and teachers, Herbart received a strict German classical education, learned four musical instruments, such as piano and violin, and composed music. 1 1 years old, he was already able to play the piano on the stage.

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Herbart is a famous German educator and philosopher in the19th century, and is recognized as the founder of modern educational psychology and the father of scientific pedagogy. With vigorous energy, special interest and endowment in education, on the basis of his systematic practical philosophy and conceptual psychology, he took the purpose of ethical discussion, psychological argumentation method and experimental school as the practical basis.

The establishment of the first rigorous and systematic empirical pedagogy system in the history of modern education has become an important symbol of the birth of scientific pedagogy. In addition to the theoretical support of practical philosophy, another foundation of Herbart's pedagogy system is his conceptual psychology.

In the process of exploring the application of psychological knowledge to education and seeking scientific basis to build a complete pedagogy system, Herbart began and completed his educational psychology.