Adolph Diesterweg

Friedrich Adolph Wilhelm Diesterweg (29 October 1790 in Siegen – 7 July 1866 in Berlin) was a German educator, thinker, and progressive liberal politician, who campaigned for the secularization of schools.[4] Because of his disagreement with the authorities regarding important phases of higher education he was in constant friction and resigned from the seminary in 1847.[3][4] Diesterweg thought criticalness and responsibility were important in teaching, and sought to reform social, economic and moral aspects of education publishing the influential Pädagogisch Wollen und Sollen.He thought there were several 'oppositions' (distinct choices) that were available in the conflict which could be reduced to a single "authority or freedom, Catholicism or Protestantism".[5] In his effort to reform schooling Diesterweg wanted to remove political and religious influence in the teaching itself and instead involve more of a social factor.
Adolph Diesterweg
Tomb at Alter St.-Matthäus-Kirchhof in Berlin-Schöneberg
Statue to Diesterweg
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