What are the differences between pedagogy and educational technology in learning content, main disciplines and employment direction? I believe this is a problem that students who are interested in applying for these two majors are very concerned about. The following is a comparison between the two for your reference. It should be noted that the pedagogy mentioned here is not the first-level discipline of pedagogy, but the two disciplines pedagogy below it.

The difference between pedagogy and educational technology (1) The learning content is different.

The participation of educational technology in the educational process is the optimization and promotion of the educational process model, which makes the organizational sequence of the educational process more logical and systematically optimizes the thinking of analyzing and dealing with educational and teaching problems.

Pedagogy is a social science that studies human educational activities and their laws. It exists widely in human life. Through the study of educational phenomena and problems, the general laws of education are revealed.

(2) The main disciplines are different.

The main disciplines of pedagogy are psychology, computer science and technology.

The main disciplines of pedagogy are pedagogy and psychology.

(3) The employment direction is different

Educational technology, the main directions are: educational informatization, multimedia courseware development, network education application, enterprise performance technology, computer software development, film and television media, etc.

There are basically six employment directions for pedagogy majors: teachers in ordinary colleges and universities, teachers in primary and secondary schools, special education institutions, publishing houses, newspapers, government agencies and units, and new science and technology education.

Pedagogy and educational technology course (1) Pedagogy course

General psychology, developmental psychology, educational psychology, China education history, foreign education history, general education theory, curriculum theory, teaching theory, moral education principle, educational sociology, educational statistical measurement and evaluation, educational philosophy, Chinese or mathematics teaching methods in primary and secondary schools, etc.

(2) Educational Technology Curriculum

Educational technology, teaching system design, computer education foundation, network education application, distance education, TV teaching material design and production, educational technology research methods, educational communication. Main practical teaching links: including media production practice, curriculum design and development practice, education practice, etc.