Comenius noun explanation: refers to Joseph Amsterdam Comenius.

Czech educator, the founder of modern western educational theory. Comenius is an educator with a tendency of democratic innovation. He cares about children, loves education and is committed to educational reform. His educational thoughts are embodied in The Great Teaching Theory, which laid the foundation of Comenius' educational theory system.

Jan Amos Komensky (Czech Republic: Jan Moscow? ; German: john amos Comenius; ; Polish: Jan Amos KoMeschi; ; Hungarian: Comenius mos jános；; Latin: Iohannes Amos Comenius), born in 1592, died in 1670.

He is a Moravian whose mother tongue is Czech, a great Czech democratic educator and the founder of modern western educational theory. He is known as the "father of pedagogy" and comes from a miller's family. He was the earliest advocate of public education, and his thoughts were put forward in the book "On Great Teaching".

When he was young, he was elected as the priest of the Czech Brotherhood and presided over the Brotherhood School. After the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War (16 18 ~ 1648), he was forced into exile for decades and continued to engage in educational and social activities. He sharply criticized the school education in the Middle Ages and called for "teaching all knowledge to all people".

Educational thoughts:

Comenius, deeply influenced by humanism, is full of confidence in human wisdom and creativity, and advocates the harmonious development of human beings through education, hoping to improve society and realize the equality of sects and nationalities through education. The theory of universal wisdom is the core of Comenius' educational thought. The so-called "universal wisdom" means that all people can acquire extensive and comprehensive knowledge through education.

He advocates learning extensive knowledge and mastering the essence of subject knowledge; Emphasize that what you have learned should be useful to real life; Attach importance to natural science knowledge and the study of various languages; Pay attention to the cultivation of students' action ability. This paper attempts to realize the ideals of "whole person education" and "whole person school" through educational experiments.