In history, most people have realized that the three major elements of social development and economy, politics and culture are inseparable. However, with the development of society and the progress of science, people have gradually realized that the pillar industries of a country should actually include the field of education. In fact, in ancient education, there was a lot of hierarchy and exclusivity of education. Restricted by the social development at that time, the process of educational development was not only not taken seriously, but even became the object of suppression by all sides for a time.
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In the history of the world, Europe has led the world in the development of their field of education because of the bourgeois revolution. In italy, there is a humanistic educator. In Italy in the fourteenth century, he brought about practical teaching changes in the field of education for then Italy and Europe as a whole. He was Vidolino. What kind of historical figure was this famous educator? Let's look back at history now and see what kind of person Vidolino really was, and what contribution he made to human history?
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About the birth of Victorino, the historical record is only a simple and wealthy family in Felt, Italy. But Victorino was a hard-working and studious child, humble and knowledgeable about how to learn, so at the age of eighteen he was admitted to the university of Padua, the top and prestigious university in Italy at the time---.
When the University of Padua was built on the eve of the Italian Renaissance, it was a university that advocated humanistic freedom and academic research. Because in the history of Italy, since the end of the Norman dynasty, Italy has begun to transition from the medieval era in Europe to the Renaissance. This also brought many changes to the Italian society at that time, and the University of Padua was founded during this transitional period, and its creation and educational process were deeply influenced by the Renaissance and humanistic ideas. Victorino also entered the University of Padua in the fourteenth century, during the Italian Renaissance.
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Studying at the University of Padua, Vidolino studied many specializations, specializing mainly in literature, mathematics and philosophy. The reason why later generations called him an educator is not that he majored in education, but that the major in education was not specially established in universities until the sixteenth century when Kant did not open this major. Vidolino's outstanding construction in the field of education lies in his research and attempts in teaching practice.
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Majoring in literature and mathematics, Victoriano of Philosophy worked as a private teacher after graduation. He is humble, pays attention to protecting the nature of children, has his own achievements and experience in teaching, and has his own reputation for a while. Not only that, during the period of teaching his own students, he did not give up his studies, and later became a professor of rhetoric at the University of Padua because of his excellent results, and was loved by many people.
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After becoming a professor at the University of Padua, Vidolino was invited by a duke. In 1423, he went to Mantua, Italy, and with the patronage of the Duke, began to establish a court school, which was the first school to start teaching the gift of individuality in the Middle Ages.
Relying on his outstanding knowledge and sufficient and professional teaching experience, Vidolino was welcomed and respected by the local people, providing a democratic basis for him to start the school. Victoriarino, who started the school from scratch, did not build the school according to traditional ideas. On the contrary, because Italy at this time was in the Renaissance period, and natural human rights and humanism were popular among the social elite, Victoriarino, who was deeply influenced by humanism, paid great attention to the harmonious development of children's physical and mental health in the purpose of founding the school, and changed the traditional medieval way of receiving knowledge in the school, and implemented an intuitive teaching method according to aptitude.
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The school that Victoriano founded on the outskirts of Lakeside Mendua has historically been named House of Joy. It is an epoch-making nature school. Because Victorino advocated beautiful and deep nature schools that were more conducive to children's teaching. Therefore, in the site selection and construction of the school, he paid attention to the natural environment of the school, and it is said that the Happy House was built in a palace on the outskirts of the lake. A paradise-like presence.
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In the House of Joy, Vidorino advocated the cultivation of moral and aesthetic education, and he believed that it was necessary to cultivate social youth with high moral character and who could serve the country. Therefore, in his educational thinking, he adopted the teaching method of abolishing corporal punishment and intuitive feeling. He let students learn in nature, through games, fencing, swimming and other practical activities, changed the traditional teaching, more conducive to children's education. A historic step has been taken in the practice of teaching in the field of education.
However, in the process of founding the school, Vidorino did not achieve educational fairness, because he was invited by the duke, so the happy house he founded was always a court school, and the vast majority of the children received were princes and nobles, and did not expand on the children of the commoners, but would recruit some extremely talented children. Therefore, this school is actually an aristocratic school in the modern sense, and Victoriano himself is a religious believer, so in his teaching he also advocates influencing the moral education of children through religious culture, which is essentially limited by the times.
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Through a brief discussion of Victorino and the House of Joy, we also know that the education of a class society depends on the formulation of the political system. And it is extremely difficult to achieve true equity in education. But the whole society is progressing, and in every field there will always be people who are not willing to accept the status quo and want to break through the status quo.
Most of them are excellent, just like Vidorino, they were created by the times, but through their own efforts, they promoted the progress of society. What they may not do is an earth-shattering event, but their actions are of high value to the progress of society as a whole. No one can deny that although their deeds are often limited by all aspects of the times and have not done their best, history has always come out in small steps.