Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi | |
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| Born | 12 January 1746 Zürich, Switzerland |
| Died | 17 February 1827 (aged 81) Brugg, Switzerland |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 19th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | German Romanticism |
| Notable ideas | Four-sphere concept of life |
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (/pɛstəˈlɒtsi/; 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.