Educational Movement and Pedagogics of Philanthropy in Germany in the 18th century
The article describes the Age of Enlightenment as an ideological tendency of the XVII - XIX centuries, based on the view that sense and science play the decisive role in societys development and progress. The prerequisites and conditions of appearance of the reformative pedagogical tendency Philanthropy are disclosed in the article. This tendency was founded by I. Bazedov under the influence of J. Locke and J.-J. Rousseaus ideas in Germany at the end of the XIII century. The article reveals the basic principles of pedagogics of philanthropy, presents its most prominent representatives and its role in establishing pedagogics as a science. The concept of creating new educational institutions is given.