Why did John Amos Comenius believe teaching should follow nature?

John Amos Comenius believed that teaching should follow nature because he viewed the child’s mind as a potential "psychological" counterpart to the natural world. By aligning pedagogical methods with the way students naturally learn, he argued that education could become more rapid, pleasant, and thorough.12

Specifically, Comenius advocated that teachers should pay close attention to the child's development and cognitive processes. He believed that if a method of teaching "most akin to nature" is employed, the mind can effectively absorb and understand the world. This approach emphasized learning about actual things rather than focusing solely on abstract grammar. To facilitate this, he insisted that information be presented to as many of the child's senses as possible—using pictures, models, and other "objective" means—to ensure that knowledge is grounded in reality.21