1. Comenius Comenius Programme is cool, but …
What does the word actually mean?
What is Comenius? Or, who is it?
Perhaps, …
… a Brazilian football star?
… any ideas?

2. John Amos Comenius
( )

3. Comenius was a… Czech-speaking Moravian teacher writer educator
philosopher
priest
father of 4

4. Comenius´s bust
is in almost every Czech school.

5. What was the major all-European event then? (1618-48)
Comenius was a Protestant, and Czech Protestants lost the war to Catholic Habsburgs He became a religious refugee

6. In consequence of the religious war he lost all his property and his writings and his home.
Comenius took refuge in Leszno in Poland, where he led the gymnasium

7. He lived and worked in Sweden, Poland, Transylvania, the Holy Roman Empire, England, Hungary and the Netherlands.

8. Comenius wandered around Europe not for the love of travelling, but because he was looking for a place with religious and academic freedom.
…served as the last bishop of Unity of the Brethren, the biggest Protestant Church
…is considered the father of
modern education

9. A great teacher first introduced pictorial textbooks
taught in native language instead of Latin
opened doors to education for women
applied effective teaching based on the natural gradual growth from simple to more comprehensive concepts

10. SUMMARY:
Picture textbooks
Learning in mother tongue
Travelling for experience
Learning foreign languages