Pestalozzian
adjective
Pes·ta·loz·zian
\¦pestə¦lätsēən, -syən\
Definition of Pestalozzian
: 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
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Origin and Etymology of pestalozzian
Johann H. Pestalozzi †1827 Swiss educational reformer + English -an
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