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Didactic principles

Our work is based on these 6 principles:
(according to Dr. Schnyder von Wartensee and Mario Brühlmann):

1. the principle of need

A donkey only drinks when it is thirsty. – Proverb

You can lead the horse to the well, but it has to drink itself. – Proverb

2. the discovery principle

If the student has not traveled at least two-thirds of the way himself, he has learned nothing. – Socrates

Only the questioner hears. If you don’t ask, you don’t hear. – R. Schnyder

3. the dosing principle

He plants a tree in the morning and wants to saw planks from it in the evening. – Chinese proverb

4. the principle of objectivity

Facts – no opinions!

5 The principle of objectivity

People don’t want you to talk TO them, they want you to talk WITH them. – Emil Oesch

To accomplish great things, one must not be above men; one must be with them. – Montesquieu

6. the realization principle

AND NOW?
According to Goethe, success is written with three letters: T U N

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