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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PESTALOZZIAN

PESTALOZZIAN Pes `ta *loz "zi *an, a.

 

Defn: Belonging to, or characteristic of, a system of elementary education which combined manual training with other instruction, advocated and practiced by Jean Henri Pestalozzi (1746 -1827 ), a Swiss teacher. -- n.

 

Defn: An advocate or follower of the system of Pestalozzi.

 

PESTALOZZIANISM

PESTALOZZIANISM Pes `ta *loz "zi *an *ism, n.

 

Defn: The system of education introduced by Pestalozzi.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Pestalozzi, Johann Heinrich

Pestalozzi, Johann Heinrich |ˌpɛstəˈlɒtsi | (1746 –1827 ), Swiss educational reformer. He pioneered education for poor children and had a major impact on the development of primary education.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Pestalozzi, Johann Heinrich

Pestalozzi, Johann Heinrich |ˌpɛstəˈlɒtsi | (1746 –1827 ), Swiss educational reformer. He pioneered education for poor children and had a major impact on the development of primary education.

 

Duden Dictionary

Pestalozzi

Pes ta loz zi Eigenname |Pestal o zzi |schweizerischer Pädagoge und Sozialreformer