Scientific Problems and the Growth of Pedagogical Knowledge

The development of an academic discipline is that of the growth of knowledge. The richness, hierarchy, and renewal rate of a discipline’s knowledge determine its social value and academic status. Maintaining continuous knowledge growth is not only the need for the construction of each discipline but the need for social development. Compared with most disciplines of the social sciences, the knowledge of pedagogy is relatively poor and grows slowly. Accelerating the rate of knowledge growth is an urgent task in the construction of pedagogy. The key lies in focusing on scientific problems, strengthening empirical research, and providing a scientific basis for pedagogy to play an important role in revealing educational laws, guiding educational practice, supporting scientific decision-making and improving the level of education.