Pedagogy postgraduate entrance examination belongs to a kind of discipline specialty in China's regular postgraduate examination. It has educational principles of two disciplines, namely, educational history, comparative pedagogy, curriculum and teaching theory, preschool pedagogy and special pedagogy. Under the two disciplines, it is also divided into many educational directions, such as the principles of education. The common professional directions of the following two disciplines are: basic education theory and philosophy, educational sociology, educational policy and law, family education, moral principles and so on.
The overall examination content of the initial examination of pedagogy postgraduate entrance examination: ideological and political 100, foreign language 100, and comprehensive pedagogy course 300.
The initial examination time of the entrance examination for graduate students in education is: politics 180 minutes, foreign languages 180 minutes, and comprehensive courses in education 180 minutes.
After graduation, graduate students majoring in education can choose to be teachers, administrators and counselors in colleges and middle schools, managers or teachers in primary and secondary schools, or engage in planning and editing in publishing houses and newspapers. Students in this major mainly study the basic theories and knowledge of educational science, receive basic training in educational science research and master basic teaching skills.