Johann Julius Hecker was a German Lutheran churchman and educator whose reforms shaped Prussian schooling. In 1747 he founded the first Realschule, the Economic-Mathematical Realschule in Berlin, giving young people not suited to a classical education a practical one built on visual and hands-on instruction, including visits to factories and artisans' workshops, in place of rote learning. In 1748 he established Prussia's first teacher-training seminary, and his educational work was a major influence on the Generallandschulreglement, Prussia's first general school law, issued by Frederick the Great in 1763.
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Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionFounded Prussia's first Realschule (1747) and its first teacher-training seminary (1748), work that informed the 1763 Generallandschulreglement. 1 Level Worked At Connections
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Wikimedia Foundation- Birth Year: 1707
- Death Year: 1768
- Nationality / Culture: German
- Defining Contribution: Founded Prussia's first Realschule (1747) and its first teacher-training seminary (1748), work that informed the 1763 Generallandschulreglement.
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who established the first Realschule (practical high school)
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Hecker was born to a family of educators in Werden, then part of Prussia.
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Johann Julius Hecker (December 2, 1707, June 24, 1768) was a German educator who established the first Realschule (practical high school) and Prussia's first teacher-education institution.
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