History pedagogy is a new discipline born from history teaching method, which studies the process of history education. Since the mid-20th century, history educators from the United States, Britain, Japan, the Soviet Union and other countries have jointly opened a new chapter in history education and jointly created a new discipline of history pedagogy. This paper will deeply discuss the development course and research content of historical pedagogy, and unveil the mystery of this discipline for readers.

The birth of historical pedagogy

1969, Hata San Ji, a professor at Hiroshima University and president of the Japanese National Society of Social Education, published "New Social Science as the Object-New Historical Pedagogy", and put forward the term "Historical Pedagogy" for the first time. Since then, history pedagogy has become an independent discipline.

Initiation of subject pedagogy

1In April, 978, the Department of Education of Hiroshima University initiated the first "subject pedagogy" in Japan, and established the social science pedagogy specialty, which marked the formal adoption of the term "history pedagogy" and the formal birth of this discipline.

Research content of historical pedagogy

History pedagogy mainly studies the process, method, effect and evaluation of history education. It aims to explore the depth and breadth of history through the study of history education and open a new chapter for the future development of education.