PESTALOZZI, Heinrich.

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Wir Gertrud ihre Kinder lehrt, First edition of Pestalozzi's treatise, an early and influential work on pedagogy and child development, as well as the book on which the author's fame rests, this an appealing copy in original condition.An educational reformer influenced by Rousseau, in 1798 Pestalozzi established a school in Stans for orphans displaced during the French Revolutionary Wars. There, he put his principles of intellectual education into practice; How Gertrude Teaches Her Children, written as a series of letters, reflects on their results. Pestalozzi argues that children should be encouraged to make their own discoveries, follow their own interests, and draw their own conclusions. His approach aimed to teach children how to think, proceeding gradually from the handling of material objects to the apprehension of abstract ideas."The most important and forward-looking of his ideas, which he stressed continually in practice as well as precept, was that the true method of education is to develop the child, not to train him as one trains a dog. The pupil must be regarded as more important than the subject and the 'whole man' must be developed" (PMM).

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