Pestalozzi and the Model

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746 – 1827) was a Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer who was largely unappreciated, misunderstood and often ridiculed during his lifetime. It was only in his later years, and even more after his death, that educators, social reformers, philosophers, religious leaders, government officials, and correctional educators began to understand and appreciate the work and ideals of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi. Pestalozzi also recognized the importance of a close relationship between the home and education in the school to help ensure the child's success. His writings continually emphasized the importance of the mother in a child's life and the impact the mother-child relationship had on the child's development. His lack of interest in his personal appearance, his limited means, ragged clothing, depressed mood and absentmindedness often resulted in being mistaken for a vagabond and thrown into jail overnight. Today, in bronze cast, he is destined to decorate a global department store at the Bahnhofstrasse in Zürich…