1998 Volume 23 Pages 21-28
The purpose of this paper is to clarify the position of "Wohnstube" and "Methode" of moral elementary education and the relationship between them in the structure of Stanz's educational practice. Klafki, W. has indicated the problem as follows, when he had publisched a book about "Stanzer Brief". One problem is to solve political character which Stanz's educational practice has. Another is to examine for "Reflexion" as third stage of moral elementary education in Stanz's educational practice. However, it is difficult to say whether these problem have been solved. Now, a means to solve these problem is to examine the thought, method and political character of moral educational practice, which is easily restraned by times, in historical context. This examination is able to open "classic" proposition which Stanz's educational practice contains, because it is different from conventional studies which dealt with Pestalozzi as ideal. With the critical mind mentioned above, I will examine Stanz's educational practice in this paper, taking notice of "Wohnstube" and "Methode" of moral elementary education in "Stanzer Brief". And through this examination, I will solve a characteristic of Pestalozzi's thought on educational method to make children intuit in his practice, and moreover, to make them prospect for their future, Pestalozzi relating "Wohnstube" and "Methode" of moral elementary education.