- Karl Mager
Karl Mager (
January 1 ,1810 –June 10 ,1858 ) was a Germaneducator .Mager was born in
Gräfrath . He studiedphilology inBonn ,Berlin , andParis , and stayed in Paris for some years, during which time he wrote "Versuch einer Geschichte und Charakteristik der französischen Nationallitteratur" ("Attempt at a history and characterization of the French national literature", 1834–39, 5 vols.). Upon his return to Germany, he studied the philosophy of Hegel andJohann Friedrich Herbart , and thepedagogy ofAdolph Diesterweg andJohann Heinrich Pestalozzi . He wrote articles on the teaching of foreign languages for a journal edited by Diesterweg in 1835 and 1838, which gained him a job as professor at a cantonal school inGeneva . He quickly moved toBad Cannstatt due to poor health.In 1840, he published "Die deutsche Bürgerschule", and founded the journal "Pädagogische Revue", both of which would be influential on German and Swiss public education. He edited the "Pädagogische Revue" until 1849, taught foreign languages in the cantonal schools of
Aarau to test his theories in a practical setting, and published "Die genetische Methode des Unterrichts in fremden Sprachen" ("The genetic method of instruction in foreign languages", 1846). From 1848 to 1852 he directed the "Realschule " inEisenach according to his theories, but he retired in 1852 due to poor health, and died in 1858 inWiesbaden .References
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* cite encyclopedia | title = Mager | encyclopedia =Meyers Konversations-Lexikon | edition = 4th edition | year = 1890 | | volume = 11 | pages = p. 70 | url = http://www.retrobibliothek.de/retrobib/seite.html?id=110764
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