Lik učitelja v času institucionalizacije izobraževanja učiteljev na Slovenskem
The Figure of the Teacher during the Institutionalisation of Teacher Education in Slovenia

Summary/Abstract: In the paper, we first present the spiritual backgrounds that constituted the school as an instrument of state management in the 18th century. These movements are linked to Enlightenment philosophy and, with confidence in the power of reason, support the idea that education is subject to laws that can be mentally mastered and manipulated. This kind of mentality can already be recognized in J. A. Komensky. In the following, we show where it is possible to identify the influences of the Enlightenment pedagogical movements on state interventions in the organization of mass education and the constitution of the first Austrian elementary school legislation. Here, we pay special attention to the teacher’s character, as imagined by Ignaz von Felbiger, the author of the General School Order and the Method book. We also touch on Blaž Kumerdej’s idea of improving the situation of education and teachers, which was highly advanced at that time.

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