Dimka Ivanova
University of Plovdiv “Paisii Hilendarski”
https://doi.org/10.53656/ped2021-6.05
Abstract. The establishment of the Viena Pedagogium was in response to the need of more accessible and better education. With its structure, education plans and focus on practice, the Academy became one of the leading educational institutions not only for Austria but for the whole of Europe. A large part of its success was due to its first principal, the great educator Friedrich Dittes famous for his reforms in the field of education. The influence of the Vienna Pedagogium is very significant for Bulgaria due to the fact that ten Bulgarian students successfully graduated from it and used their newly gained knowledge to help build up modern Bulgarian education system after the Liberation of Bulgaria.
Keywords: Vienna Pedagogium; Friedrich Dittes; establishment; influence; Bulgarian students
