Pampaedia

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Pampaedia ( German Allerbildung ) is a teaching developed by Johann Amos Comenius (1592-1670) between education and politics. He advocates education for everyone, because this is the cornerstone for improving living conditions. The aim of his writing is the achievement of the perfection of the human being. 

Pampaedia by Comenius

The Pampaedia is now one of the main educational works of Johann Amos Comenius. It is part of the seven-part unfinished “De rerum humanarum emendatione consultatio catholica”. For a long time the work was thought to be lost. It was not until 1935 that Dimitrij Tschižewskij discovered the copy .

The importance of the work lies in its solution approaches, problems that are still open today. In this work, Comenius overcomes, on the theoretical level, the separation between  education  and  politics , the interdependence of which is still debatable today.

Pampaedia - The teaching

The Pampaedia, however, is more than a teaching art teaching; it is pedagogy in the strict sense of the word, perhaps the first that we have. The great project of Comenius, a general consultation on the improvement of human conditions, is the guiding principle for all educational activities. The central idea that Comenius describes in this work is that an all-encompassing basic education for all people, whether young or old, poor or rich, aristocratic or non-aristocratic and whether man or woman, must be provided. The aspect of individual education is also mentioned in this work. According to Comenius, deaf and blind can also be formed. With these lines of thought, Comenius justified the authorization of special schools.

Omnes omnia omnino

Omnes omnia omnino  (all all encompassing; all all, with a view to the whole), this is the  guiding principle that gives an idea of ​​what Comenius is aiming at. It is just the all-encompassing, i.e. H. thorough and comprehensive training of people in every phase of life and in every respect. Taken together, the ideas of this work define a pedagogy in the true sense of the word, a well thought-out  construct  for teaching and education. Comenius does not get lost in details or a section of development, but aims at a person's whole life. The education to become a  pansophist  (omniscient) is the ideal that he strives for. “If all people are instructed about everything from the ground up, then all are truly wise and the world is in order, light and peace.” Likewise, an improvement in living conditions through education. He wants to achieve these goals in harmony with the laws given by God and nature. To harmonize the divine with the worldly.

The totality of the following three concepts is that of all-education.

In Comenius' work, Pampaedia stands for the care of the individual, related to the whole of humanity. Care is to be seen in this context as care of the spiritual nature, education and culture. This takes a long process. The aim is to introduce people to the perfection of their own being. A prerequisite for this is the second important concept of Paideia . Paideia means "instruction" and "discipline" and comes from the Greek. Through the Paideia the human being is "led out of the state of raw imperfection". A third key term is the pan, which is supposed to relate to the whole.

Comenius names three levels of care: nothing, something and everything. Nothing means that there is no care, an example here are barbaric peoples where people are born, live and die like cattle. Something means that there is a certain level of care. This partly means civilized peoples who are no longer raw and partly turn to the sciences, languages ​​or the arts. Ultimately, everything is the stipulation of the whole. Care (cultura universalis) related to the whole in, for example, education and culture. Man as the image of God should achieve the highest perfection (splendor) that is possible.

The goal is therefore to teach the whole thing to all people in a comprehensive way.

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  1. ↑ John Amos Comenius: Pampaedia Allerziehung . ISBN 3-88345-697-7 .
  2. ↑ John Amos Comenius: Pampaedia Allerziehung . ISBN 3-88345-697-7 .