English “folk” and German “Volk” (as in Volkswagen) are not identical but the meaning can overlap.When education for everyone became a concern for governments, i.e. in the 19th century, the German states started schools for the people or Volksschule. This sign is from the Feudenheimschule in Mannheim, built like many schools at the beginning of the 20th century.
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was a Swiss educational reformer. His name is well known in Switzerland and Germany and other countries – not least because most towns have a Pestalozzi Street and many have a Pestalozzi school. Without a doubt he had a great direct influence … Continue reading A Formative Experience
We have just returned from our granddaughter’s first day of school. These days that’s a rather elaborate event.
Cut to: my old schoolhouse.
A nostalgic glance back in time.
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Nostalgia
This school in Mannheim, Germany was built around the turn of the last century as a so-called Volksschule. In the 1970s it was changed into a Gymnasium, (i.e. a place to exercise young minds and not bodies). In the early days they had separate entrances … Continue reading A Place of Learning
Strahlenburg is the castle ruin above the town of Schriesheim at the Bergstraße. The local school is quite logically called Strahlenberger Schule. It’s quite a typical primary school building around here.
What caught my eye were the windows decorated for Easter or maybe just spring.
But the real eye-catcher were the reflections in the various panels.
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was an essay by John Erskine, written about a hundred years ago. However, although intelligence is a given within certain margins, education is not. There is a moral obligation to educate children to the best of our possibilities and within the margins fo their possibilities.
Johann Pestalozzi lived and worked another 100 to 150 years earlier. He worked tirelessly to educate youngsters and became one of the greatest school and social reformers of all times. He believed that men could only be bettered if they were loved.
In his native Switzerland as well as in Germany many schools are named after him, like this Pestalozzischule where I spend my first four years in the school system.
FOWC with Fandango: Obligation
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It was her first day at school and the boy was kind enough to take her by the hand and show her around.
Square 10 for the KindaSquare Challenge in October.
The experiment is called “school” or even “life” – these are primary school kids with a welcoming song for the new kids on their first day of school ever.
This post is for The Daily Post Photo Challenge with the topic experimental. More entries can be found here.
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