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Comenius and the Beginnings of Educational Reform

Chapter 45: INDEX
By W. S. Monroe
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The author traces the evolution of educational thought from Renaissance humanism to the realist, or new-education, movement, highlighting earlier thinkers who championed learning from nature and the inductive method. It follows the life and work of Comenius, describing his schooling, reforms in various European settings, and major pedagogical writings that advocate illustrated primers, systematic early childhood instruction, graded lessons, and pansophic ideals. The book assesses his influence on later reformers and explains how his methods shifted practice away from rote classical instruction toward observation, practical subjects, mother-tongue use, and more child-centered classroom organization.

53 See Herbart’s Science of education. Translated from the German, with a biographical introduction by Henry M. and Emmie Felkin. Boston: D.C. Heath & Co., 1895. pp. 268.

54 The place of Comenius in the history of education. Proceedings of the National Education Association for 1892. pp. 723–728.

55 An excellent account of the national Comenius pedagogical library will be found in: Die pädagogischen Bibliotheken, Schulmuseen und ständigen Lehrmittelausstellungen der Welt. Von Julius Beeger. Leipzig: Zangenberg & Himly, 1892. pp. 84.

INDEX

  • Alsted, John H., 43.
  • Andreæ, John Valentine, 35.
  • Aquaviva, 3.
  • Aquinas, Thomas, 7.
  • Aristotle, Politics, 2;
    • philosophy of, 7.
  • Arithmetic, 116.
  • Arts, 99.
  • Ascham, Roger, on humanism, 12;
    • the Scholemaster, 13.
  • Atrium, 65, 129.

  • Bacon, Francis, dangers of science, 22;
    • views on education, 23–$2;
    • criticisms on English education, 56;
    • education according to nature, 148.
  • Bardeen, C. W., editor of Orbis pictus, 175;
    • text-book of Comenius, 177.
  • Barnard, Henry, contributions to the literature of Comenius, 178.
  • Barnes, Earl, on the reforms of Comenius, 167.
  • Basedow, Johann Bernhard, educational theories and labors, 149–$2.
  • Bateus, William, the Janua, 36, 125.
  • Baur, G., sketch of Comenius, 179.
  • Beeger, Julius, relation to the Comenius-Stiftung, 169;
    • translation of the writings of Comenius, 176.
  • Benham, Daniel, translation of School of infancy, 110.
  • Bibliography of Comenius, 177–$2.
  • Blodgett, James H., call of Comenius to Harvard, 81.
  • Bowen, H. Courthope, relation of Fröbel to Comenius, 159.
  • Browning, Oscar, on humanism, 1;
    • on the study of Latin, 4.
  • Bruni, Leonardo, an early humanist, 8.
  • Buisson, Ferdinand, Vives on pauperism, 18;
    • the pedagogical writings of Comenius, 180.
  • Butler, Nicholas Murray, forerunners of Comenius, 15;
  • meaning of infancy, 86;
  • permanent influence of Comenius, 165, 177.

  • Cæsar, Commentaries, 2.
  • Campanella, Thomas, on study of nature, 35.
  • Comenius, John Amos, forerunners, 15;
    • relation to Vives, 16;
    • agreement with Bacon, 23;
    • influenced by Ratke, 28;
    • obligations to Bateus, 36;
    • birth at Nivnitz, 38;
    • ancestry, 39;
    • classical training at Prerau, 40;
    • studies at Herborn, 42;
    • matriculation at Heidelberg, 44;
    • teacher in an elementary school, 44;
    • ordination as a minister, 45;
    • exile in the Bohemian mountains, 46;
    • flight from Bohemia, 47;
    • literary connections, 48;
    • first call to Sweden, 49;
    • call to England, 53;
    • English friends, 54;
    • failure of English schemes, 55;
    • second call to Sweden, 56;
    • relations with Lewis de Geer, 57;
    • location at Elbing, 60;
    • ordination as senior bishop of the Moravian Brethren, 61;
    • ecclesiastical ministrations, 62;
    • call to Hungary, 63;
    • organization of the schools at Saros-Patak, 64;
    • return to Poland, 69;
    • flight to Amsterdam, 71;
    • complete edition of his works, 72;
    • death at Amsterdam, 76;
    • burial at Naärden, 76;
    • marriage and children, 77;
    • alleged call to presidency of Harvard College, 78;
    • portraits, 81;
    • the Great didactic, 83–$2;
    • the School of infancy, 109–$2;
    • the Janua, 123–$2;
    • the Atrium and the Vestibulum, 129–$2;
    • the Orbis pictus, 130–$2;
    • Methodus novissima, 138–$2;
    • influence on modern educators, 142;
    • on Francke, 143–$2;
    • on Rousseau, 146–$2;
    • on Basedow, 149–$2;
    • on Pestalozzi, 153–$2;
    • on Fröbel, 158–$2;
    • on Herbart, 162–$2;
    • permanent influence, 165–171;
    • bibliography, 177–$2.
  • Comenius-Blätter, 172.
  • Comenius-Gesellschaft, 170.
  • Comenius-Stiftung, 169.
  • Compayré, Gabriel, the Orbis pictus, 137;
    • sketch of Comenius, 177.
  • Cordier, Maturin, condition of education in France in the 16th century, 4.

  • Daguet, A., sketch of Comenius, 180.
  • Davidson, Thomas, relation of Rousseau to Comenius, 146.
  • De Garmo, Charles, Fröbel and Comenius, 162.
  • De Geer, Lawrence, aid to Comenius, 71.
  • De Geer, Lewis, patron of Comenius, 57.
  • De Schweinitz, Edmund, account of the Unitas fratrum, 178.
  • Discipline of schools, 89, 106–$2.
  • Dunster, Henry, president of Harvard College, 78.
  • Durie, John, connection with Comenius, 54.

  • Elbing, the Prussian home of Comenius, 60.
  • Émile, 146.
  • Erasmus, on classical learning, 8, 24.

  • Fables, 117.
  • Fiske, John, meaning of infancy, 86.
  • Food of children, 116.
  • Francke, August Hermann, studies at Kiel and Leipzig, 143;
    • organization of the Pædagogium at Halle, 144;
    • attitude toward classical learning, 145.
  • Fröbel, Friedrich, obligations to Comenius, 159;
    • studies with Pestalozzi, 159;
    • views on the education of women, 161.

  • Galileo, opposed by the humanists, 9.
  • Geography, 116, 138.
  • Gindely, Anton, life of Comenius, 178.
  • Girls, education of, 88.
  • Gotha, Ratke’s experiment at, 31.
  • Great didactic, 36, 63–$2.
  • Groos, Karl, on play, 118.

  • Hall, G. Stanley, value of the Orbis pictus, 137;
    • influence of Pestalozzi, 156.
  • Hanus, Paul H., call of Comenius to Harvard College, 79;
    • correlation, 97;
    • permanent influence of Comenius, 177.
  • Hark, John Max, personal characteristics of Comenius, 177.
  • Harris, William T., 126.
  • Hartlib, Samuel, account of, 51–$2.
  • Harvard College, alleged call of Comenius to the presidency of, 78–$2.
  • Heidelberg, matriculation of Comenius at the university, 44.
  • Henry VIII, relations with Vives, 19.
  • Herbert, Johann Friedrich, obligations to Comenius, 162;
    • effect of instruction on character, 163;
    • doctrine of interest, 164.
  • Herborn, studies of Comenius at, 42.
  • History, 116.
  • Hoole, Charles, editor of the Orbis pictus, 133, 177.
  • Hughes, James L., Fröbel and the education of women, 161.
  • Hughes, Thomas, account of Loyola, 5.
  • Humanism, 1-14.
  • Hus, John, first bishop of the Moravian Brethren, 38.

  • Infancy, meaning of, 86;
    • Comenius’ School of infancy, 103, 109–$2.
  • Interest, doctrine of, 163.

  • Janua, of Bateus, 87;
    • of Comenius, 65, 125–$2.
  • Jena, relations to Ratke, 29;
    • pedagogical seminary, 145.
  • Jesuits, the Ratio studiorum of, 5;
    • devotion to Latin eloquence, 7.
  • Justinus, Laurentius, bishop of the Moravian Brethren, 61.

  • Kant, Immanuel, on the labors of Basedow, 152.
  • Keatinge, M. W., quoted, 39, 57;
    • edition of the Great didactic, 84, 175.
  • Keller, Ludwig, editor of Monatshefte der Comenius Gesellschaft, 170, 178.
  • Kindergarten, 158.
  • Komensky, Martin, father of John Amos Comenius, 38.
  • Kvacsala, Johann, sketch of Comenius, 178.

  • Language, 100, 123–$2.
  • Latin, schools, 105;
    • study of, 2.
  • Laurie, S. S., quoted, 137;
    • edition of the Great didactic, 176;
    • place of Comenius in the history of education, 177.
  • Leipzig, study of pedagogy at the university, 145;
    • national pedagogical library, 169.
  • Lindner, G. A., edition of the Great didactic, 176.
  • Luther, Martin, 69.

  • Magnalia of Cotton Mather, 78.
  • Masson, David, quoted, 52.
  • Mather, Cotton, call of Comenius to Harvard, 78.
  • Maxwell, William II., text-books of Comenius, 134, 177.
  • Melanchthon, Philip, on classical learning, 9, 24.
  • Mental training, 115–$2.
  • Methods of instruction, 97–$2.
  • Methodus novissima, 138–$2.
  • Monatshefte der Comenius-Gesellschaft, 171, 178.
  • Monroe, Will S., call of Comenius to Harvard College, 81;
    • edition of the School of infancy, 110, 175.
  • Montaigne, on humanism, 11.
  • Moral training, 101, 120.
  • Moravian Brethren, 38.
  • Mulcaster, Richard, on humanism, 13.
  • Müller, Joseph, bibliography of Comenius, 110.
  • Munroe, James P., on Rabelais, 10;
    • sketch of Comenius, 177.
  • Music, 119.

  • Naärden, burial place of Comenius, 76.
  • Naturalism, 1.
  • Nature, education according to, 90–$2.
  • Nivnitz, birthplace of Comenius, 38.
  • Nursing of children, 114.

  • Orbis pictus, 69, 130–$2.
  • Oxenstiern, Axel, 33, 58, 62.
  • Oxford, university of, 63.

  • Pædagogium at Halle, 144.
  • Pansophia, 51, 53, 64.
  • Paulsen, Friedrich, on European universities, 3.
  • Pestalozzi, anticipated by Comenius, 116;
    • influenced by the Émile, 153;
    • domestic education, 154;
    • study of nature, 156;
    • geography, 157.
  • Philanthropinum of Basedow, 152.
  • Physical training, 113–$2.
  • Pictures, use of, 98.
  • Play, 160.
  • Portraits of Comenius, 81.
  • Private education, 87.
  • Purpose of education, 85–$2.

  • Quick, Robert Hebert, quoted, 9, 169;
    • estimate of Comenius, 177.
  • Quintilian, 99.

  • Rabelais, on humanism, 10.
  • Ratio studiorum of the Jesuits, 5.
  • Ratke, Wolfgang, 28–$2, 59.
  • Raumer, Karl von, 5, 6, 16, 17, 128.
  • Realism, 1.
  • Rein, Wilhelm, 145, 179.
  • Religious training, 102, 120–$2.
  • Ritter, Karl, 157.
  • Rousseau, Jean Jacques, 146–$2.

  • Saros-Patak, 64.
  • Schiller, Hermann, 145.
  • School of infancy, 103, 109–$2, 175.
  • Science, 98.
  • Sense-training, 115, 147.
  • Skyte, John, 58.
  • Spencer, Herbert, 148.
  • Sturm, John, 3, 5, 7, 14.
  • Symbolism of Fröbel, 162.

  • Trotzendorf, Valentine Friedland, 3.

  • University, 105.

  • Vergarius, Petrus Paulus, 8.
  • Vernier, A. C., edition of the Janua, 129.
  • Vestibulum, 129.
  • Vittorino da Feltre, 8.
  • Vives, John Lewis, account of educational views, 16–$2.
  • Volkelt, Johannes, 145.
  • Volksschule of Germany, 158.
  • Vostrovsky, Clara, 40.
  • Vrbka, Anton, life of Comenius, 178.

  • Westphalia, treaty of, 62.
  • Women, education of, 18, 88.

  • Zerotin, Karl von, patron of Comenius, 46.
  • Zoubek, Franz, edition of Comenius’ writings, 176.