Pestalozzi
noun
Johann Heinrich 1746–1827, Swiss educational reformer.
Pestalozzian
-
a word derived from
Pestalozzi.
Example Sentences
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Now I will give you another little Pestalozzian story, told in my own way, and you may tell it to your fathers and mothers and neighbors when you go home.
From In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk by Hezekiah Butterworth
In Teutonic lands, where the much better Pestalozzian ideas had become established, the monitorial system made practically no headway.
From The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley
It has been furthered by the diffusion of Pestalozzian ideas and also by the influence of American example.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various
This abandoned the monitorial plan of instruction for the new Pestalozzian form, which was deemed better suited to the needs of the smaller children.
From The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley
Is it a reply to these suggestions, to say, society is a Pestalozzian school; all are teachers and pupils in turn.
From Representative Men by Ralph Waldo Emerson
