Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi Theory. The ideas of pedagogue johann heinrich on education play an important role in modern pedagogy. He founded several educational institutions both in german and french speaking regions of switzerland and wrote many works explaining his revolutionary modern principles of.
Career and development of educational theory diffusion of educational ideas. His approach to early childhood education stemmed from his love for children and his conviction that each child held the promise of individual potential. Born in zurich in 1746 pestalozzi was an influential pedagogue and educator.
Pestalozzi saw teaching as a subject worth studying in its own right and he is therefore known as the father of pedagogy the method and practice of teaching especially as an academic subject or theoretical concept.
Born in zurich pestalozzi took up rousseau s ideas and explored how they might be developed and implemented. Johann heinrich pestalozzi italian. And 3 his use of activities excursions and nature studies that anticipated progressive education. As walch mentions in her book on the pestalozzian theory of education pestalozzi became known as the father of modern pedagogy because of his theory on a science that would make education ethical 32 consensus is achieved more times than known by taking a vote and having typically having the majority take president.