Johann

Heinrich
Pestalozzi
 "Man, Christian,
citizen. Everything
for others, nothing
for self."
(This is the inscription on the
Pestalozzi memorial.)
 Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746-
1827)
was an outstanding Swiss educational
practitioner and democrat. He was
born in Zurich into the family of a
physician. He received higher
education at the Caroline College. For
a third of a century, he managed
educational institutions where he
practiced and developed his
pedagogical views.
The first institution was the "Poor House" in the
"Neuhof" estate, which taught about 50
children.
Here, in his practical work, Pestalozzi tried to
combine the productive labor of children with
their education and upbringing.
Pestalozzi shared his last piece of bread with
the children, but due to debts, the shelter had
to be closed.
 In 1798, the government of Switzerland
entrusted him with creating a shelter for
homeless children in the city of Stantz.
However, this shelter lasted only six
months - a French lazaretto was located
in the building. However, this experiment
did not go unnoticed. One of
Pestalozzi's biographers wrote: "From
the madness of Stantz came the
elementary school of the XIX century."
 In 1800, Pestalozzi created an institute (a
school for teacher training) in Burgdorf, and
then moved it to Yverdon. This educational
institution gained worldwide popularity.
 Johann Pestalozzi can confidently be called the
founder of the public school.

He developed a methodology for teaching the

native language, considered it necessary to expand
the content of primary education, including
information on geography and natural science,
drawing, singing, gymnastics.
Pestalozzi insisted that arithmetic be taught based
on visualization.
Pestalozzi founded a methodology of initial
education, rejecting book-based education that is
based on memorizing and retelling.
Pestalozzi's activities gained international
popularity during his lifetime.
His heritage was highly valued by educators of
all eras. In particular, Konstantin Ushinsky called
him the first national teacher and father of
modern pedagogy.
In domestic and foreign studies, Pestalozzi was
considered an ideologist of organizing the
training of teachers and educators of children's
institutions.
Pestalozzi summarized his rich experience of
raising and educating children in such works as
"Lingard and Gertrude", "Letter to a Friend
about Living in Stantz", "How Gertrude Teaches
Her Children", "The Song of the Swan", and
others.
Thank You