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Pestalozzi

American  
[pes-tl-ot-see, pes-tah-lawt-tsee] / ˌpɛs tlˈɒt si, ˌpɛs tɑˈlɔt tsi /

noun

  1. Johann Heinrich 1746–1827, Swiss educational reformer.


Pestalozzi British  
/ ˌpɛstəˈlɒtsɪ /

noun

  1. Johann Heinrich (joˈhan ˈhainrɪç). 1746–1827, Swiss educational reformer. His emphasis on learning by observation exerted a wide influence on elementary education

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They were disabled residents of a care home, the Lebenshilfe Haus, along residential Pestalozzi Street.

From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2021

In 2017, the Pestalozzi school in Buenos Aires became the first site outside Europe to host one, honouring hundreds of German Jewish children who found refuge there in exile.

From The Guardian • Feb. 18, 2019

She found that Johann Pestalozzi held sense-perception to be the source of knowledge.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gerard is one of the lucky first 29 citizens of Pestalozzi Children's Village.*

From Time Magazine Archive

Manuel of the Boston Academy of Music for the instruction of vocal music in the system of Pestalozzi.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

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