Ioan Străchinaru - In Memoriam. The Heuristic Pedagogy of Culture, Work and Commitment: A Wing of Love

The article presents some essential aspects from the biography of the great professor Ioan Străchinaru: it describes his powerful and expressive personality, identifies his main ideas and conceptions in the fields of psychology, speech therapy, special psycho-pedagogy, neuro-psychiatry, general and special pedagogy, higher education pedagogy, Odeobleja’s “psychologie consonantiste.” His scientific and pedagogic contributions go hand in hand with the setting up of new institutions, journals, associations, foundations. This article combines bibliographic information taken from Ioan Străchinaru’s work with the confessions of those who personally met him, myself included.