Rébsamen' main training was in the area of pedagogy obtaining primary teacher diplomas on April 12, 1876, at the Normal School directed by his father in Kreuzlingen.

One of them, Carlos Von Gagern, from whom he read the essay entitled "Quetzalcoatl" that deeply impacted him, had a great influence on Rébsamen's decision to travel to Mexico.

He then lived in Mexico City, where he befriended important thinkers of the time, including Ignacio Manuel Altamirano.

The then President of the Republic, Porfirio Díaz, was interested in Rébsamen's work and recommended him to Veracruz, Juan de la Luz Enríquez, who managed a large-scale state educational project.

He participated in the National Congresses of Public Instruction of 1889 and 1890, in which Justo Sierra Méndez served as president; In them, he contributed very important elements related to the organization and operation of the schools.

Beginning in 1891 and at the request of President Porfirio Díaz, Rébsamen (without leaving the direction of the Normal School of Xalapa) began to work on the reorganization of public instruction in various places: Oaxaca, Jalisco and Guanajuato personally and in seven other states through his disciples, whom he advised.

For this reason, Rébsamen considered his doctrine eclectic since it handled the most transcendental reforms and contributions of the various pedagogical tendencies of the time.