Object lesson

Object lesson teaching assumes that material things have the potential to convey information.

[2] In his teaching and writing he emphasized the concept of Anschauung, which may be understood as "sense training.

"[3] Pestalozzi taught that children were first to develop sensation, then perception, notion, and finally volition, learning how to act morally based on an individual view of the world.

[1] Object lessons were important elements in teaching during the Victorian era of the mid- to late-nineteenth century.

[5] By the early twentieth century object lessons were widely used in religious instruction.