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 hot spots and problems, developing educational reform, 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. Students majoring in philosophy had better choose this major again. 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.