Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Portrait by Francisco Javier Ramos, Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid (c. 1806)
Born(1746-01-12)12 January 1746
Zürich, Switzerland
Died17 February 1827(1827-02-17) (aged 81)
Brugg, Switzerland
Era19th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolGerman Romanticism
Notable ideas
Four-sphere concept of life
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Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (German: [ˈjoːhan ˈhaɪnrɪç pɛstaˈlɔtsiː] ⓘ, Italian: [pestaˈlɔttsi]; 12 January 1746 – 17 February 1827) was a Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer who exemplified Romanticism in his approach.

He founded several educational institutions both in German- and French-speaking regions of Switzerland and wrote many works explaining his revolutionary modern principles of education. His motto was "Learning by head, hand and heart". Thanks to Pestalozzi, illiteracy in 18th-century Switzerland was overcome almost completely by 1830.

  1. ^ Barnard & Pestalozzi 1859, p. 49.
  2. ^ Isaacson 2007, p. 65.