•  
  •  
 

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Authors

Erich A. Klee

Keywords

Swiss American Historical Society, school systems

Abstract

One of the recurrent themes in the long history of U.S.-Swiss relations has to do with the reciprocal interest in each other's educational systems. Americans went to visit the schools and institutes of Pestalozzi and Fellenberg in the early 19th century and returned full with ideas of how to improve schools over here. They had successors who time and again hoped to get inspiration for their own work by studying how the Swiss went about the important task of educating the young.

Share

COinS