The great teacher of the past. Yan Amos Kamensky. The great czech teacher Yan Amos Kamensky made history as one of the first who paid attention to the personality of the child-student and substantiated the principles of training and education , that were irresistible for a long time . Only in the 20th century his pedagogical theories were criticized , but for most of the teachers he remained an authority . And also there are a lot of teachers who use his teachings in practice. Kamensky was born in 1592 in Nivnitsa . His father was a fairly educated man , he knew the Bible very well and instilled in his son a love of knowledge . Yan received a good education . He studied in a Latin school and then in two university in Germany. When he was 22 years old he began teaching at the school that he finishe...