2. INTRODUCTION
• WHO WAS JOHANN HEINRICH
PESTALOZZI?
• WHAT WAS THE PHILOSOPHY OF
PESTALOZZI AND WHAT IS HIS
CONTRIBUTION TO EDUCATION?
3. JOHANN
PESTALOZZI
• Born, January 12, 1746, –
Died, February 17, 1827,
• Johann Baptist Pestalozzi- Father
• Susana Hotz- Mother
• He was a Swiss writer,political and
social reformer and educator.
• Known as "Father of Modern
Education" and "Father of Pedagogy"
4. CONTINUATION
• In 1780,he wrote a series of reflections The Evening Hours of a
Hermit outlining his educational theory that education begins at
home.
• In 1781,he produced his masterpiece Leonard and Gertrude an
account of the gradual reformation, first of a household, and then
of a whole village, by the efforts of a good and devoted woman.
This work became a bestseller in Germany, and the name of
Pestalozzi became internationally recognized.
• In 1805,he opened his private school in Yverdon a French speaking
district in Switzerland and was close on 1826 .
• In 1801- he wrote How Gertrude Teaches Her Children, Pestalozzi's most
systematic work, was a critique of conventional schooling and a prescription
for educational reform. Rejecting corporal punishment, rote memorization,
and bookishness.
5. CONTINUATION
• He inculcated the virtues of compassion,sensitivity and
generosity from his mother and in turn, these traits made an
impression on his philosophy of education.
• Inspired by Jean Jacques Rosseau's idea of "going back to nature"
• Besides teaching children with his unique methods Pestalozzi also taught
education leaders of his day, including Friedrich Froebel, the founder of
Kindergarten Movement.
• Additionally, his methods and writings influenced later educational
leaders and philosophers, such as Johann Friedrich Herbart,John
Dewey,Maria Montessori and Jean Piaget and became the
foundation of elementary education today.
7. • GOAL OF EDUCATION
• METHOD OF EDUCATION
• DISCIPLINE IN THE
CLASSROOM
• CURRICULUM
8. GOAL OF EDUCATION
• The goal of education is not to impart knowledge, but to unfold the natural faculties latent and
hidden in every human being.
• Pestalozzi presented two general purposes of education: for development of the individual and for the
improvement of society.
• On the individual level, educators should strive to educate the whole child, not just their intellect.
Physical or technical knowledge, as well as emotional development, are also important. He stressed
that there should be balance between the head, hands, and heart. Through developing a balance
among these three areas, a person becomes a "whole man."
• On the social level, education provides the means for general development of the whole
society. In other words, the more the individuals in a society develop
intellectually,emotionally, morally, and socially through education, the more educated and
regenerated the whole society becomes. For Pestalozzi, therefore, education plays a
central role in the improvement of society.
9. METHOD OF EDUCATION
• Centered on the child, not the curriculum.
• Teachers should not teach through words but allow children to discover
answers themselves.
• He advocated an inductive method, in which the child first learns to observe, to
correct its own mistakes, and to analyze and describe the object of inquiry.
• The child starts with simple objects and simple observation, and builds toward
more complex and abstract things. Only after that can the child start to use
books.
10. METHOD OF EDUCATION
Pestalozzi's method rested on two major premises:
(1) children need an emotionally secure environment as the setting for successful learning; and
(2) instruction should follow the generalized process of human conceptualization that begins
with sensation. Emphasizing sensory learning, the special method used
the Anschauung principle, a process that involved forming clear concepts from sense
impressions.
11. DISCIPLINE IN THE CLASSROOM
• Pestalozzi maintained that the classroom should be like a family.The
atmosphere must be loving and caring, like in a good Christian family,
where the family members are cooperative, loving, and kind to one
another.
• He believed that "without love, neither the physical nor the intellectual powers
will develop naturally" (Smith 2005).
• He viewed harsh discipline, as was commonly used in schools at that time, as
only serving to alienate children from the teachers, and thus prevent their
normal, natural development, particularly in areas of morality and ethics.
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CURRICULUM
• Pestalozzi’s curriculum, which was modelled after Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s plan in Émile, emphasized
group rather than individual recitation and focused on such participatory activities as drawing, writing,
singing, physical exercise, model making, collecting, map making, and field trips.
• Among his ideas, considered radically innovative at the time, were making allowances for
individual differences, grouping students by ability rather than age, and encouraging formal
teacher training as part of a scientific approach to education.
• Curriculum was to be based on particular activities and consequent experiences and not based
primarily on the textbook only.
13. CONCLUSION
I want to express my gratitude for Pestalozzi's significant
contribution to education, as a result of which we have learned the
necessity of actively involving youngsters in using their senses to
explore the environment.
14. REFLECTION
As Pestalozzi states, we, as instructors, must provide and instill not only information and
abilities, but also love in our students. Children's interests and needs must always be
prioritized in order to strengthen their own abilities. Let us always remember that “Life itself
educates”