Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Overview
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
pedagogue and educational reformer who exemplified Romanticism
Romanticism
Romanticism was an artistic, literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe, and gained strength in reaction to the Industrial Revolution...
in his approach.
He founded several educational institutions both in German and French speaking regions of Switzerland and wrote novels explaining his revolutionary modern principles of education. His motto "Learning by head, hand and heart" is still a key principle in successful 21st century schools.
Quotations
The circle of knowledge commences close round a man and thence stretches out concentrically.
Evening Hour of a Hermit (1780)
It is life itself that educates.
Schwanengesang [Swan Song] (1826)