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Was Samuel Wilderspin’s infant pedagogy grounded in theory?

by Jennifer Crowdy | Jan 21, 2025

By Dr Sarah Odhner Samuel Wilderspin’s nineteenth-century early childhood pedagogy is widely recognised to be of global significance. His manual, On the Importance of Educating the Infant Children of the Poor, was the first work to set out innovative methods for...

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