Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi- His motto was "Learning by head, hand, and heart".
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was born in Zurich in the year 1746; he lived to the age of 81.
Pestalozzi was very interested in philosopher/theorist Jacques Rousseau.It was following Rousseau's ideas that Pestalozzi would explore how he could develop and use them for himself.
Pestalozzi was a very determined individual who even when he hit bumps in the road, he moved on and would eventually succeed. Johann would struggle at the start of his becoming a teacher, but in the end, he would become an influence on the elementary schools in the United States today.
Pestalozzi attended the University of Zurich for his schooling and from then on would run all types of experiments in education by opening schools for all types of individuals, usually the poor. However, most of these schools did not last very long and usually fell apart because of a lack of money.
Also in his lifetime, He wrote books based on the theories that he had about education.
"Children should learn through activity and through things (hands-on tools). They should be free to pursue their own interests and draw their own conclusions." When Pestalozzi argued that there was a need for balance, that the three elements of head, heart, and hands are what is most important to children receiving a great education. Pursuing this balance of hands, heart and head Pestalozzi did away with the punishment upon kids known as flogging, because as a part of the heart there should be love, without love, head and hand cannot develop.
Pestalozzi wanted to move schooling away from education as an old way of using old teaching methods. It is because of this that Pestalozzi became concerned with everything dealing with school, children, and the idea that children should be finding out things (answers) for themselves. Johann was about putting that which is right and good before that which is correct because he cared more about people and their well-being than anything else.
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