抄録
Though problems of Pestalozzi's language theory and his language education theory were partially touched upon in the past, they were rarely ever examined in an encompassing and systematic fashion. The purpose of this paper is to examine as one approach for analyzing Pestalozzi's language education theory as a whole this idea and in particular the meaning of the idea of education toward “expressing” and “speaking” within the context of the language criticism which he ordinarily used. The paper is arranged according to the following plan.
Introduction
I. The language criticism of Pestalozzi
(1) Pestalozzi's criticism of the printing press culture
(2) Pestalozzi's criticism of the common school
II. The meaning of Pestalozzi's “expression”
(1) The experience of expression
(2) Arriving at clear (logical, conceptual knowledge) ideas
(3) Expression of thought
The following works were mainly used in this paper :
“Wie Gertrud ihre Kinder lehrt” (1802) and “Uber den Sinn des Gehors in Hinsicht auf Menschenbildung durch Ton und Sprache” (1803-1804).
