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John Comenius
Education should make possible to live a life:
healthy and enduring
perceptive
enlightened
free
active
wealthy and secure
honourable
social
peaceful
eternal
Educational methods
go at child's pace
enjoyable
experimental learning
positive reinforcement - motivation
to foster love of learning
child's interests and talents
developmentally appropiate
scaffolding (built upon prior knowledge)
Comenius' influence
Czech philosopher, pedagogue, theologian and bishop
defined didactics as a field
established the basis for didactics as a science
a father of modern education
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created the concept of universal education for everybody
reformed the education in Europe
Comenius' innovations
education
for everybody
pictorial textbooks
in native language
effective
teaching based on natural gradual growth
lifelong learning
development of
logical thinking
"Didactica Magna"
- Comenius' major work
"universal art of teaching everybody everything"
major principles for
discipline of didactics
it's
both an art and a science
main aim of teaching
learning of everything by everybody
main ideas
child development
progresses slowly and gradually
teachers should proceed
from simple ideas to more complex issues
continuity and revision
lessons logically linked
education in
stages corresponding to the children's level
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teaching and learning should be
quite
quick
effective
based on
language and images
(pictures in pictorial textbooks)
goal is to provide
education for everyone
- equal opportunities
Education in 4 stages
1) 0-6 years - the
childhood
period
mother is the teacher
education at home
among one's family
2) 6-12 years - the
late childhood/adolescence
period
children start
formal school
every town should have a
school educating children in their mother tongue
3) 12-18 years -
middle school
continue formal
schooling in Latin
every town should have
a Latin school for more gifted children
4) 18-24 years -
the academy
for
the most gifted students
future scholars
his textbook "Irbis Pictus"
published in 1658
first widely used children textbook with pictures
150 chapters illustrated by copperplate prints
Education helped people build God's kingdom on Earth