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In Moravia in 1592, Comenius, one of the greatest educational theorists to date, was brought into life. From his father he received ordinary elementary and grammar school education. While attending school the incompetence of his teachers drove him to become a school reformer. Still today, 300 years later, we find his teachings to be the origins of contemporary or recent trends of thought. Comenius’s theories can be seen today through the relatively young philosophy of progressivism. …

…the teachings of all things to all men, should be, and can be, borrowed from no other source then the operations of nature. These ideas and theories later influenced the development of what we call now progressivism. Today Comenius’s views can be best seen in progressivism. Progressivism believes that the child is naturally good and learns by doing and by discovering things. Comenius also had this in mind when he believed children should be