Pedotsentrizm (az yun. pais- bacha, kudak va lot. centrum — markaz), jarayonest dar pedagogikai burjuazi, ki tarafdoroni on mazmun va usulhoi talimro (makhsusan dar sinfhoi ibtidoi) va ba sharoit va talaboti isqtisodiyu ijtimoii jamiyat, balki ba zavq va talaboti bevositai bacha vobasta meshumorand.
Onho talimro chunon ba roh memonand, ki bachaho donishi mukammal namegirand. Pedotsentrizm maqomi muallimro past mekunad, ba giriftani donishi murattab imkon namedihad. Pedotsentrizm qismi sistemai pedagogii J. J. Russo, asosi aqidahoi pedagogi va psikhologii O. Dekroli (Belgiya), J. Dyui (ShMA) va digaronro tashkil medihad.