johann pestalozzi kacey carlson and abbie zuzek. brief life history born and raised in zurich,...
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Johann Pestalozzi
Kacey Carlson and Abbie Zuzek
Brief Life History
• Born and raised in Zurich, Switzerland in 1746
• Attended school at University of Zurich
• First studied politics, then turned to education
• What started it all? Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s ideas on the education of children
Pestalozzi’s Mission
• “Emphasizes the importance of providing a loving family type environment in which the child can grow and flourish naturally, becoming a whole person balancing their intellectual, physical, and technical ability, with emotional, moral, ethical, and religious growth” (New World Encyclopedia)
Goals of Education
• Focus on the child as a human being
• Development of the individual
• Improvement of society
Method of Education
• Knowledge already lies within the student; the teacher has to find it and bring it to the surface
Discipline in the Classroom
• Developed the idea of the family method– What does this mean?
• Loving atmosphere• People are cooperative• Christian family
values/morals instilled within the students
• Abolished flogging
Pestalozzi’s 6 Principles of Schooling
1. Personality is sacred2. Each child has the
promise of potential within him
3. Love the students as a family
4. Direct concrete obeservation aka “object lessons”
5. Perception must be perfected by appropriate actions
6. Action leads to an emphasis on repetition
Object Learning Activity
Object Learning
• What is object learning?– Exercises in learning
form, number, and language• So you traced for learning
form, you numbered for numbering, and you named it for language
• Make your hand into a picture
Object Learning
• What’s up with the picture?– Progressed from the
simple lessons of learning form, number, and language to more advanced lessons in:• Drawing• Writing• Math• Reading
Wrap-up
• Unfortunately, as good of an idea that these schools were, disputes arouse amongst the teachers
• This lead to the schools eventually failing and closing