This, we believe, was the first
practice-school of its kind established in connection with pedagogical
lectures in any German university. It should be remembered that, while
Herbart was a philosopher of the first rank, even among the eminent
thinkers of Germany and of the world, he attested his profound interest
in education, not only by systematic lectures and extensive writings on
education, but by maintaining for nearly a quarter of a century a
practice-school at the university, for the purpose of testing and
illustrating his educational convictions. Lectures on pedagogy are
more or less common-place, and often nearly worthless. The lecturer on
pedagogy who shuns the life of the school room is not half a man in his
profession. The example thus set by Herbart of bringing the maturest
fruit of philosophical study into the school room, and testing it day
by day and month by month upon children has been followed by several
eminent disciples of Herbart at important universities.
Karl Volkmar Stoy (1815-1885) in 1843 began his career of more than
forty years as professor of pedagogy and leader of a teachers' seminary
and practice-school at Jena. (A part of this time was spent at
Heidelberg.
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