1. Professional field: The study content of primary education graduate students mainly involves the theories, methods and practices related to primary education, including basic pedagogy, primary education psychology and primary education management. However, subject teaching pays more attention to the teaching theory, methods and practice of specific subjects, such as Chinese, mathematics and English.

2. Teaching target: Primary education for graduate students is mainly aimed at primary school students, providing education theory, education planning and teaching practice training for primary education; However, subject teaching has a wider range of teaching objects, which can be used for teaching research and practice of subject knowledge for students of different grades and periods.

3. Goal and career development direction: The goal of graduate primary education is to train senior professionals specializing in primary education and provide support for primary education management and teaching; Subject teaching is mainly to cultivate specialized talents in subject teaching and provide support for subject teaching in primary and secondary schools, such as subject teaching researchers and curriculum researchers.

4. Curriculum: The curriculum of graduate primary education is relatively more comprehensive, including primary education theory and practice, primary education management, primary education technology and other courses; The course of discipline teaching focuses more on the theory and practice of discipline, such as discipline teaching methods, discipline teaching material analysis and design.

Generally speaking, graduate primary education focuses on cultivating senior talents engaged in primary education management and teaching, while subject teaching focuses on cultivating specialized talents in subject teaching. There are differences between them in learning content, teaching objects, objectives, curriculum and so on.