Johann Pestalozzi Contribution To Education. Pestalozzi was later asked by the village of stanz to set up a school for the many children who had been orphaned by the recent wars. Born in zurich pestalozzi took up rousseau s ideas and explored how they might be developed and implemented.
The modern era of education started with him and his spirit and ideas led to the great educational reforms in europe in the nineteenth century. Pestalozzi s method became widely accepted and most of his principles have been absorbed into modern elementary education. His commitment to social justice interest in everyday forms and the innovations he made in schooling practice make pestalozzi a fascinating focus for study.
Johann heinrich pestalozzi swiss social reformer and educator is known as the father of modern education.
This book described many of pestalozzi s ideas about education and social justice. Pestalozzi was a romantic who felt that education must be broken down to its elements in order to have a complete understanding of it. Johann heinrich pestalozzi born jan. 2 his methodology of empirical sensory learning especially through object lessons.