The journal Prospect's reprint of Piaget's 1957 article which was originally published to mark the 350th anniversary of the publishing of 'Opera didactica omnia'. Prospect coupled it with a chronology by Giuliana Limiti and a selected bibliography by Marcelle Denis
After cautioning against an over-simplistic interpretation of Comenius's relevance to the modern age, the article looks first at the core principles behind Comenius's work. From this it moves on to first the developmental psychology and pedagogically relevant aspects of his work and second to the sociopolitically relevant aspects.
The original article, originally entitled 'The Significance of John Amos Comenius at the Present Time', had been the introduction to a collection of papers marking the 300th anniversary of the publication of Opera didactica omnia.
1592 | Birth of Comenius |
1650 | Comenius goes to Saros Patak |
1654 | Comenius returns to Leszno |
1656 | Comenius's library destroyed |
1670 | Death of Comenius |