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JOHANN IGNAZ VON FELBIGER

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A German educational reformer, pedagogical writer, and canon regular of the
Order of St. Augustine, b. 6 January, 1724, at Gross-Glogau in Silesia; d. 17
May, 1788, at Presburg in Hungary. He was the son of a postmaster, who had been
ennobled by Emperor Charles VI. The death of his parents constrained him, after
studying theology at the University of Breslau, to accept (1744) the position of
teacher in a private family. In 1746 he joined the Order of Canons Regular of
St. Augustine at Sagan in Silesia, was ordained a priest in 1748, and ten years
later became abbot of the monastery of Sagan. Noting the sad condition of the
local Catholic schools, he strove to remedy the evil by publishing his first
school-ordinance in 1761. During the private journey to Berlin, in 1762, he was
favourably impressed with Hecker's Realschule and Hähn's method of instructing
by initials and tables (Literal- or Tabellen-methode), and became an
enthusiastic propagator of this method. A school-ordinance for the dependencies
of the monastery of Sagan was issued in 1763, teachers' college was established,
and Felbiger's school reforms soon attracted the attention of Catholics and
Protestants alike. He was supported by the Silesian minister von Schlabrendorff,
and at the latter's request, after a second journey to Berlin he elaborated
general school-ordinance for the Catholic elementary schools in Silesia (1765).
Three graded catechisms, the joint work of the prior and the abbot of Sagan,
appeared in 1766 under the title, "Silesian Catechism", and enjoyed a wide
circulation. The death of von Schlabrendorff in 1769 marked the end of the
Silesian government's educational efforts. Felbiger's suggestions were heeded,
however, by King Frederick II in regulations issued (1774) for Silesian higher
schools.



At the request of the empress, Maria Theresa, he repaired to Vienna in 1774, and
was appointed General Commissioner of Education for all the German lands of her
dominions. The same year he published general school-ordinance, and in 1775 his
most important pedagogical production: "Methodenbuch für Lehrer der deutschen
Schulen". His school-reform was copied by Bavaria and other German lands and was
not without influence on Russia. Considerable opposition, aroused by Felbiger's
arbitrariness, developed in Austria against his plan of founding special schools
for the neglected instruction of soldiers. Maria Theresa, however, always
remained his faithful protectress. Put his strictly religious principles
education displeased Joseph II, who depraved him his position, assigned him to
his provostship at Presburg, and advised him to look after educational interests
in Hungary (1782). The chief peculiarity of Felbiger's too mechanical method was
the use of tables containing the initials of the words which expressed the
lesson to be imparted. Other features were the substitution of class-instruction
for individual instruction and the practice of questioning the pupils. He aimed
at raising the social standing, financial condition, and professional
qualification of the teaching body, at giving a friendly character to the mutual
relations between teacher and pupil. For a list of his 78 publications, which
are mainly of a pedagogical character, see Panholzer's "Methodenbuch" (46-66).




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APA citation. Weber, N. (1909). Johann Ignaz von Felbiger. In The Catholic
Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06027a.htm

MLA citation. Weber, Nicholas. "Johann Ignaz von Felbiger." The Catholic
Encyclopedia. Vol. 6. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909.
<http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06027a.htm>.

Transcription. This article was transcribed for New Advent by Joseph P. Thomas.

Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. September 1, 1909. Remy Lafort,
Censor. Imprimatur. +John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York.

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