Pestalozzi
noun
Johann Heinrich 1746–1827, Swiss educational reformer.
Pestalozzian
-
a word derived from
Pestalozzi.
Example Sentences
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"They may be divided into four classes—the Humanists, Philanthropists, Pestalozzian and the Productive Schools."
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
Further hindrance and discouragement has arisen from confounding the Pestalozzian principle with the forms in which it has been embodied.
From Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library by Herbert Spencer
Why is it that Pestalozzian ideas as to language and arithmetic instruction have so slowly influenced the teaching of grammar, language, and arithmetic?
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
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
Can you explain why Pestalozzian ideas found such slow acceptance in England?
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
