This book comprehensively and systematically expounds the basic theories and methods of history teaching in middle schools. The book consists of 10 chapters, and its main contents include: introduction, history curriculum theory, history education goal theory, history teaching material theory, history learning theory, history learning evaluation theory, history teacher theory, history education research theory and so on. This book is a textbook of national general higher education planning during the 11th Five-Year Plan period. Since the release of 1988, it has been revised for the third time. The book was once rated as "the second excellent textbook for ordinary colleges and universities" and won the "National Excellence Award" and other awards.

This book is suitable as a professional basic course textbook for history education majors in normal universities. It is also suitable for middle school history teachers to read.