The principle of pedagogy mainly studies the basic theory of education and the basic problems of modern education, such as the relationship between education and people, education and social development, the essence and function of education, the innovation of education system, the opportunity and fairness of education, education policy and the construction of education legal system. Among them, there are both traditional theoretical fields of pedagogy principles and emerging fields based on the development of educational practice in recent years.

Main research directions:

1, the direction of basic education theory

The basic theory of education mainly studies the problems of educational theory. It mainly studies the development law of education, meta-pedagogy, the relationship between education and people, the relationship between education and society, educational purpose, educational system, contemporary educational hotspots and problems, educational reform and development, educational scientific research methods, comparative study of educational theories, and teacher education research.

2. The direction of educational philosophy

Philosophy of education is a subject that studies the basic problems of education with certain philosophical viewpoints and methods. It is advantageous for students majoring in philosophy to choose this major. Pay attention to the philosophical investigation and research on some basic problems of modern education in China, focusing on the purpose and task of education, the relationship between education and society, the relationship between education and human development, China's traditional educational philosophy, and the reference and criticism of western educational philosophy under the conditions of social transformation.

3. The direction of educational culturology

Educational culturology takes human educational culture as the research object and understands human educational activities from all directions and angles. The key point is to deeply understand the cultural significance behind the educational phenomenon, such as studying what cultural traditions are embodied in the educational concepts of different countries and what educational cultures are embodied in the educational system of a country.

4. Research direction of educational reform and development.

Mainly around the school education reform, regional education development strategy, compulsory education development strategy, school development and positioning, regional education planning and other aspects of research. Such as compulsory education management and resource allocation research, university positioning research, school management and planning research.

5. The direction of educational politics

Educational politics is a discipline that studies the dialectical relationship between education and politics and the law of their movement development, focusing on the differences and connections between education and politics and the objective law of their coordinated development. At present, domestic research generally includes: the basic relationship between education and politics, various relationships between education and political subjects and their behaviors, and the relationship between educational democratization, educational internationalization and international politics.