Comenius believes that there are universal laws in nature, and man is a part of nature, so human educational activities must adapt to the universal laws of nature.
He asked the new school to regard the "order" of nature as "the leading principle to teach all mankind everything". The principle of natural adaptability also includes that education must adapt to children's own "nature", that is, the characteristics of children's physical and mental development.
In order to make his struggle to reform feudalism and scholasticism education invincible, Comenius took the universal laws of nature as the theoretical basis of his educational thought and paid attention to the age characteristics of children, which was progressive at that time.
However, due to the limitations of the times and classes, Comenius did not understand the essential difference between education and nature, so a far-fetched and mechanical analogy appeared in his exposition. The understanding of children's psychology is also superficial and rough.
Brief introduction of the author
Jan Amos Komensk? ,1March 28th, 592-1670165438+1October 15), full name john amos Comenius, Czech democratic educator, founder of modern western education theory.
He was the earliest advocate of public education. He put forward a unified academic system, advocated universal primary education, expanded the categories and contents of subjects, and emphasized the acquisition of knowledge from things themselves. His main works are "Great Teaching Theory" and "World Map".