Johann friedrich herbart was a philosopher, psychologist and founder of science pedagogy in the German19th 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.

Herbart emphasized the systematicness and accuracy of science, and his obsession with accuracy made him realize the goal that Comenius and Pestalozzi yearned for, and developed education from a primary system of thought and practice into an academic discipline. The psychological process theory he developed, although only one aspect of intellectual achievement, has become the basis of the whole systematic education methodology.

Educational essence

Herbart's educational psychology is characterized by its thoroughness and its correlation with ethics. He did not specifically apply some psychological knowledge to an educational problem, but incorporated it into macro theoretical research and system construction, and infiltrated into micro educational work and concrete practice. So no matter how scientific his psychology is, his psychology is the most thorough compared with his predecessors.