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School Of Infancy
School of Infancy (, full title:''Soustavné pojednání o výchově předškolních dětí'') is the first written work in the field of preschool education in world literature on pedagogy. It was written by Jan Amos Comenius in 1632 in the Polish town of Leszno. The work emerged as part of efforts to reform Czech education, with the Informatorium intended to be a component of a well-thought-out plan for lifelong education, as further elucidated in the Great Didactics. Overview The manuscript of the work was discovered in Leszno in 1856 and was first published in print in 1858. Comenius translated this work into German in 1633, likely into Polish in 1636, and into Latin in 1653. The book is divided into twelve chapters, serving as a guide for educators of young children, providing an analysis of all the crucial aspects of preschool education. Comenius aimed to make educators aware of how a child naturally acquaints themselves with the world, emphasizing that at this age, the ...
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Jan Amos Comenius
John Amos Comenius (; ; ; ; Latinized: ''Ioannes Amos Comenius''; 28 March 1592 – 15 November 1670) was a Czech philosopher, pedagogue and theologian who is considered the father of modern education. He served as the last bishop of the Unity of the Brethren (direct predecessor of the Moravian Church) before becoming a religious refugee and one of the earliest champions of universal education, a concept eventually set forth in his book ''Didactica Magna''. As an educator and theologian, he led schools and advised governments across Protestant Europe through the middle of the seventeenth century. Comenius introduced a number of educational concepts and innovations including pictorial textbooks written in native languages instead of Latin, teaching based in gradual development from simple to more comprehensive concepts, lifelong learning with a focus on logical thinking over dull memorization, equal opportunity for impoverished children, education for women, and universal and ...
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Leszno
Leszno (, , ) is a historic city in western Poland, seat of Leszno County within the Greater Poland Voivodeship. It is the seventh-largest city in the province with an estimated population of 62,200, as of 2021. Leszno is a former residential city of prominent Polish magnate families of Leszczyński and Sułkowski family, Sułkowski, including King Stanisław Leszczyński, under whose patronage it flourished to become one of the major economic and cultural centers of Greater Poland, as reflected in the variety of landmarks, especially of the Baroque period. Located on a Expressway S5 (Poland), highway and Wrocław–Poznań railway, railway line at about half the distance between the two main cities of western Poland, Poznań and Wrocław, Leszno is the largest city of south-western Greater Poland and a major location for industry, services and tourism. It is particularly well known as the location of an annual air show with attendance reaching tens of thousands of people from var ...
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Great Didactic
The ''Great Didactic'' or (), full title (), ''The Great Didactic, The Whole Art of Teaching all Things to all Man'', is a book written by Czech philosopher, pedagogue and theologian, John Amos Comenius between 1627 and 1638 and first published in 1657. Summary The Great Didactic is commonly referred as the first great work of pedagogy (education) at all. Its author, John Amos Comenius, described his work as a "didactic of life", the aim of which was "to teach everyone everything completely" or "to teach everyone everything in consideration of the whole" (). The background to this high claim is the contemporary view that only an educated person is a human being. Comenius thus represented an approach of optimistic anthropology, which sees something good in every human being and generally considers this to be expandable (educational). Parallel to this, the Didactica Magna serve as a guide to achieve a high learning outcome for the students in a pleasant learning atmosphere. John ...
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Preschool
A preschool (sometimes spelled as pre school or pre-school), also known as nursery school, pre-primary school, play school, is an school, educational establishment or learning space offering early childhood education to children before they begin compulsory education at primary school. It may be publicly or privately operated, and may be subsidized from public funds. The typical age range for preschool in most countries is from 2 to 6 years. Terminology Terminology varies by country. In some European countries the term "kindergarten" refers to formal education of children classified as ''International Standard Classification of Education, ISCED level 0'' – with one or several years of such education being compulsory – before children start primary school at ''ISCED level 1''. The following terms may be used for educational institutions for this age group: *Pre-primary or creche from 6 weeks old to 6 years old – is an educational childcare service a parent can enroll t ...
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Comeniology
Comeniology or Comenius studies () is the academic discipline dedicated to the comprehensive study of the life, contributions, and educational philosophy of John Amos Comenius (1592–1670). Hailing from Moravia, Comenius was not only an educator but also a prominent philosopher and theologian. His enduring influence has secured him a significant place in the annals of education, making him one of the most pivotal figures in the history of education and pedagogy. Overview Comeniology has emerged as a dynamic and rapidly growing field of study, gaining prominence in various countries: Croatia, Finland, Germany, Poland, Hungary, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Ukraine, etc., even as far away as Japan. The establishment of comeniological societies and journals underscores the increasing interest in exploring Comenius's legacy and its implications for contemporary educational discourse. The diverse range of comeniological research, spanning the history of education, educational theory, ped ...
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Books By John Amos Comenius
A book is a structured presentation of recorded information, primarily verbal and graphical, through a medium. Originally physical, electronic books and audiobooks are now existent. Physical books are objects that contain printed material, mostly of writing and images. Modern books are typically composed of many pages Bookbinding, bound together and protected by a Book cover, cover, what is known as the ''codex'' format; older formats include the scroll and the Clay tablet, tablet. As a conceptual object, a ''book'' often refers to a written work of substantial length by one or more authors, which may also be distributed digitally as an electronic book (ebook). These kinds of works can be broadly Library classification, classified into fiction (containing invented content, often narratives) and non-fiction (containing content intended as factual truth). But a physical book may not contain a written work: for example, it may contain ''only'' drawings, engravings, photographs, s ...
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