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education
in Switzerland
FOR
won SEN
The Child's Training
To-day is Switzerland's
National day. For cen
turies the Swiss have held
a wonderful record insofar
as their contribution to
wards, civilisation is con
cerned. This may be
attributed largely to the
fact that Swiss education
ists were the first to realise
the value of arousing the
pupil's wUl not only to
work, but to - co-operate.
Character Is held to be as im-
portant as actual knowledge.
Handicrafts of various kinds form
part of the - curriculum both In
public and private schools. Draw
ing modelling, school newspapers
and correspondence, the observa
tion and study of Nature by the
pupils themselves— all these are
not merely incidental hobbles, but
a constantly applied means of de
veloping independence and spon
taneity in practical departments
of life.
Flexibility in class grouping Is
another incentive to Individual
development. 'It is one of the
first principles of Swiss educa
tional methods that the teacher
should respect the personality of
his pupils. Switzerland has always
been a country where important
national decisions are made by
the people themselves and hot by
iunG.0Ver?ment- Every Swiss
child Is, therefore; taught ' to be
a. citizen in the truest sense of
the word, with active duties to
fulfil.
Water, sun and air, as well as
none Help
exercise and supervision of gene-
ral fitness all have high priority
in Switzerland, where their rela
tionship to the younger genera
tion is concerned. There are
many open-air schools. Much
ci6j.nn thought is given to the
child s constitution as well as to
KSV e,!ui V , t being realised
that this combination of physical
and mental wellbeing provide a
foundation for the child's whole
lie.
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