Who was Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi?
Q: Who was Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi?
A: Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was a Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer who had a humanist and romantic approach to education.
Q: What was his motto?
A: His motto was "Learning by head, hand and heart".
Q: What did he write about in The Evening Hours of a Hermit?
A: In The Evening Hours of a Hermit, Pestalozzi wrote aphorisms outlining ideas that would later be known as Pestalozzian.
Q: What is the story Leonard and Gertrude about?
A: Leonard and Gertrude is a four-volume story about the lives of four characters - Gertrude, Glüphi, an unnamed parish clergyman, and Arner - who work together to achieve harmony through comprehensive education for all people.
Q: What did Pestalozzi believe could be achieved through learning?
A: Pestalozzi believed that all understanding can be achieved through a psychologically ordered sequence of learning.
Aarau school attended by Albert Einstein used his method.
Q: How did Albert Einstein feel about the education he received at Aarau school?
A: Albert Einstein said that his education at Aarau made him realize how much better an education based on free action and personal responsibility is than one relying on outward authority.
