Abstract: Beijing Normal University is the birthplace and research center of modern education in China.During the period of the Republic of China,Beijing Normal University actively introduced foreign pedagogy courses,and then established the Education Research Department,specializing in educational theories,Beijing Normal University became a veritable birthplace of modern education discipline in China.After the founding of the People's Republic of China,our policy of learning from Soviet Union was established,and the educational world began to study Soviet pedagogy.Beijing Normal University was the center of studying and disseminating the Soviet Union's educational theories.Since the Reform and Opening Up,Beijing Normal University has re-launched the study of educational theories and introduced the educational theories and experience from developed countries,opening up new fields of educational science research.Now Chinese education has entered a new historical period,Chinese educational researchers are expected to establish a socialist education system,academic system and discourse system with Chinese characteristics.Guided by XI Jinping's important expositions on education,Beijing Normal University will strive to build a theoretical system of education with Chinese characteristics.

Key words: Beijing Normal University, the discipline of education, education in China