Friedrich Adolph Wilhelm Diesterweg (29 October 1790 in Siegen – 7 July 1866 in Berlin) was a German educator, thinker, and progressive liberal politician, who campaigned for the secularization of schools. He is said to be precursory to the reform of pedagogy.[1] Diesterweg is considered as "a teacher of teachers".[2]
- ^ Andreas W. Daum, Wissenschaftspopularisierung im 19. Jahrhundert: Bürgerliche Kultur, naturwissenschaftliche Bildung und die deutsche Öffentlichkeit, 1848–1914. Munich: Oldenbourg, 1998, pp. 61, 201, 268, 387, 407–8, 454. 483, including a short biography.
- ^ Marzena Bogus, Janusz Spyra: Nauczyciele oraz ich stowarzyszenia na tle dyskursu społecznego w modernizującej się Europie (na przykładzie Śląska Austriackiego) [Teachers and their associations in the context of public discourse in modernizing Europe (with the example of Austrian Silesia)]. Toruń 2019, p. 36.