Pestalozzian

adjective

Pes·​ta·​loz·​zian

¦pestə¦lätsēən,

-syən

: of, relating to, or constituting a system of education in which the sense perceptions are first trained and the other faculties are then developed in what is held to be natural order

Word History

Etymology

Johann H. Pestalozzi †1827 Swiss educational reformer + English -an

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