Johann Pestalozzi Introduction Throughout history‚ many individuals have contributed to early childhood education. Through these contributions‚ teachers today have been able to establish their own philosophies of teaching. In order for a person to become successful in the classroom‚ one must truly connect with one’s students and be able to establish student-teacher relationships. One must also develop a positive attitude towards teaching. One individual who has had a remarkable impact on early
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Learning October 20‚ 2012 Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was born in Zurich‚ Switzerland on January 12‚ 1746. When he was five years old his father died and so was raised in a home with his mother‚ older sister and a woman servant and did not start school until the age of nine. At the school he attended‚ Collegium Humanitatis‚ he received instruction from educators Johann Jakob Bodmer and Johann Jakob Breitinger (Kuhlemann 1). Over the holidays‚ Pestalozzi would spend time with
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pre-romanticism[1] and romanticism in fiction.[2 Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (January 12‚ 1746 – February 17‚ 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
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strict guidance of virtues and morals. John Locke and Johann Amos Comenius‚ argued against the harsh educational theories. During the 1700’s the view on children shifted to a more romantic view‚ more harmonious methods of teaching. More playtimes was introduced‚ as was the introduction of hands on experiences. At that time Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi valued Mothers as a child’s first teacher. During the 1800’s Kindergarten was born from the theory that infants and early childhood needed to be separated
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and this would make a major influence on what he would do for the rest of his life. He started teaching at a school when he was a young man at Frankfurt Model School‚ and this school was a school that was focused on the teachings of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi‚ who was a very well respected teacher of his day. This school accepted poor children‚ and orphans. He believed that children needed to be involved in very active ways. As he left this school‚ he left it with his very hands on learning
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into the concept of the best overall approaches to the education of the whole child stem from the work of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746 - 1827)‚ a Swiss teacher and educational reformer whose compassion for all pupils led to developments in the modern consensus of pedagogy is perceived and best practised. The following quote from William H. Kilpatrick in his introduction to Heinrich Pestalozzi (1951) is a general overview yet its relationship to the curriculum today and the whole child concept presents
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associated with Froebel and his philosophy. His methods allow children to grow and move on as they conquer new concepts not when educators or administrators decide. Froebel ’s philosophy was influenced by the teaching methods of Pestalozzi (Dunn 169). He agreed with many of Pestalozzi ’s ideas but thought that there was too much focus on memorization and direct instruction. Froebel "balanced group activities with individual play‚ direction from teachers was balanced with periods of freedom‚ and the studies
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Johann Michael Haydn Johann Michael Haydn was baptized on September 14‚ 1737‚ in Rohrau‚ Lower Austria‚ the exact date of his birth is unknown... Five years after his famous brother Joseph‚ their parents being a wheelwright and a cook. Michael Haydn left home around 1745 to attend the choir school at St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna‚ where he received instruction in singing‚ keyboard and violin. It was at St. Stephen’s that Haydn gained a reputation for his unusually clear and beautiful voice
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Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach‚ Germany as the youngest child of a church organist father‚ Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645-1695)‚ and a mother‚ Maria Elisabeth Lammerhirt (1644-1694) and into a great musical family‚ stretching back seven generations. Bach’s family was devoutly Lutheran. Bach learned violin and music theory from his father and organ from Johann Christoph Bach (1671-1721). In 1692‚ when Bach was seven years old‚ he attended Lateinschule in Eisenach and studied religion‚ Latin
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Johann Sebastian Bach was a German Baroque composer. He was born on March 21‚ 1685‚ in Eisenach‚ Germany. He was a member of one of the most superior musical families of all time. For over 200 years‚ the Bach family had some of the most excellent composers and performers. His father‚ Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645-1695) lived in Eisenach since 1671 as string player‚ town piper and court trumpeter. In 1668‚ Bach’s father married Elisabeth Lämmerhirt (1644-1694) from Erfurt‚ who also grew up in a
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