Krüsi, Hermann. Pestalozzi: His Life, Work, and Influence. New York &c.: American Book Company, 1875. [11230]
Green cloth with blind decorations to front & back covers, gilt title to spine, 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches, very slight shelf-wear, tight. 1892 gift inscription on the ffep. Portrait of Pestalozzi as frontispiece, several additional text illustrations. 248 clean pp. Very good. Hardcover.
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746-1827), Swiss educator & social reformer who revolutionized the method of teaching to children.
"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." - Britannica online.
