Comenius
Comenius (28 March 1592 – 15 November 1670) was a 17th-century Czech bishop, and an innovator in education.[1] His name is spelt differently in almost every language.[2] In English it is John Amos Comenius, but he is usually called just 'Comenius'.
Comenius is famous for arguing for universal literacy, and inventing the idea of a modern textbook which used pictures as well as prose to get its message across.[1][3][4] Comenius also tried to design a language in which false statements could not be written.[5]
Some books by Comenius
[change | change source]There are about 16 works, with many translations and versions.[3]
- 1633–1638. Didactica magna ("The Great Didactic").
- 1642. A reformation of schools, designed in two excellent treatises. This is an English excerpt from the above. It explains his ideas for reform.
- 1658. Orbis sensualium pictus: quadrilingus. It is something like an illustrated dictionary, in two languages, Latin, and German
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Murphy, Daniel (1995). Comenius: A Critical Re-Assessment of His Life and Work. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-7165-2537-0.
- ↑ Czech: Jan Amos Komenský; Slovak: Ján Amos Komenský; German: Johann Amos Comenius; Polish: Jan Amos Komeński; Hungarian: Comenius Ámos János, in other sources: Hungarian: Comenius-Szeges János; Latinized: Iohannes Amos Comenius
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sadler, John 1969. Comenius. London: Collier Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-02-975920-2
- ↑ Donohue, William A. (2017). The New Realities. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-47850-2.
... a Czech, John Amos Comenius – the first person to advocate universal literacy – invented the textbook and the primer.
- ↑ Hofstadter, Douglas R. (2000). Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid. Penguin Group(CA). p. 635. ISBN 978-0-14-028920-6.
- ↑ "Learning from Comenius - the pedagogical underpinnings of the Orbis Pictus".