1592 On March 28th, Comenius was born in a Miller family, which was a member of the Czech Brotherhood (or Moravian Brotherhood) and affiliated to the Protestant Ministry of Culture and Education. At that time, the Czech Republic belonged to the territory of the holy Roman Empire of Germany and was oppressed by German Catholic nobles. Comenius was deeply influenced by the religious thought and democratic spirit of the Czech Brotherhood since he was a child. /kloc-at the age of 0/2, Comenius became an orphan and received secondary and higher education with the support of the Brotherhood. 16 14 After graduating from college, Comenius became a priest of the Brotherhood and presided over the work of the Brotherhood School. Since then, he has been active in the liberation of the motherland, national independence and educational reform with full enthusiasm all his life. 16 18, the Thirty Years' War broke out in Europe (1618-1648), and the Czech Republic was defeated. Comenius and other 30,000 Czech brothers went into exile in 1628. Under extremely difficult exile conditions, Comenius continued to tirelessly engage in educational theory research and practice, and was invited to Britain, Hungary, Sweden and other countries to carry out educational reform, and finally died in the Netherlands.
Comenius' research and contribution in education involves many fields of education. His main representative works are: (1) 1632' s On Great Teaching, in which Comenius comprehensively and profoundly discussed the purpose, task and function of education from the standpoint of the emerging bourgeoisie; Basic principles of education; Teaching principles, contents and methods; Moral education; The basic contents of pedagogy such as physical education and academic system constitute a relatively complete educational theory system. This book is the cornerstone of modern bourgeois education theory. (2) The provincial parent school was written in 1630 and published in 1633, and renamed as the kindergarten school in 1652. This is the first monograph on early childhood education in history, which discusses various problems of early childhood education in the family in detail. Originally written in Czech, this book was translated into many languages and became very popular. (3) Graphic World was completed in 1654 and published in 1658. This is the first textbook in history to enlighten children with intuition.