John Amos Comenius

by Simon Somerville Laurie

Publisher:

C. W. Bardeen

, 1892

Overview

Considered the “father of modern education,” John Amos Comenius was a Czech teacher, educator, and writer. In 1614 he was ordained into the ministry of the Moravian Brethren, and he considered pastoral work the most important of all his duties. His influence over education, however, would be his greatest legacy, and in his work Didactica Magna, he outlined a school system that would be generally adopted worldwide. Other important works of his influenced the general theory, the subject matter, and the method of education. Alongside his pastoral work and travels, Bishop Comenius still found time to write religious works and hymns. John Amos Comenius by Simon Laurie chronicles his life, travels, works, and legacy.

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Key Features

• Provides an extensive history of the education system established by John Amos Comenius
• Includes a criticism of the widely adopted practice
• Contains a full biography of this influential historical character

Contents

• Introduction
• Life of Comenius
• An Account of the Comenius’ Educational System and Works
• The Great Didactic
  • Pansophy and the Aim of Education
  • Method of Education
  • Art of Education
  • General Organization of a School System
• The Method of Languages
• The Text-Books and the Way of Using Them
  • Vestibulum
  • Janua
  • Atrium
  • Subsidiary Text-Books
    • Orbis Pictus
    • Schola Ludus
    • Text-Book of Greek
• Inner Organization of a Pansophic School, and the Instruction Plan
• Brief Criticism of Comenius’ System
• Bibliography
• Index

Praise for the Print Edition

Mr. Laurie deserves the thanks of the educational world for his sketch of a remarkable man, whose success, in an unworldly sense, was great, and whose failures are almost more instructive than his success.

—Athenaeum

Mr. Laurie has given us a good memoir of John Amos Comenius, the earnest, simple-minded Moravian Bishop, who set about reforming the schools of Europe in the midst of the confusion of the Thirty Years’ War. His name is far less known than it deserves to be, and Mr. Laurie has done good service in erecting this monument to his memory.

—Westminster Review

The work is a systematic, earnest, and conscientious effort in educational biography. The introduction, which seeks to explain the relation of Comenius to the Humanistic and Realistic Schools, which were the outcome of the Renaissance, is well thought out and well written, and the analysis of Comenius’ educational writings is executed with intelligence and thoroughness.

—Scotsman

Product Details

• Title: John Amos Comenius
• Author: Simon Somerville Laurie
• Publisher: C. W. Bardeen
• Publication Date: 1892
• Pages: 272

About Simon Somerville Laurie

Simon Somerville Laurie (1829–1909) was born in Edinburgh and educated at Edinburgh University. He held the post of secretary to the education committee of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland for 50 years and wrote numerous works on educational theory. Laurie was thus involved with almost all the practical developments in the provision of education in Scotland for half a century. His works include Historical Survey of pre-Christian Education, Lectures on Language and Linguistic Method in the School, and Handbook to Lectures on the Theory, Art, and History of Education.