Pestalozzian

English edit

Etymology edit

Pestalozzi +‎ -an

Adjective edit

Pestalozzian (comparative more Pestalozzian, superlative most Pestalozzian)

Relating to Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746-1827), Swiss teacher, or especially his system of elementary education incorporating manual training

Derived terms edit

Pestalozzianism

Translations edit

Translations

Italian: pestalozziano
Swedish: pestalozzisk

Noun edit

Pestalozzian (plural Pestalozzians)

An advocate or follower of Pestalozzi's system.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “Pestalozzian”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)