Villem Orav (11 March 1883, Laiksaare municipality - 10 December 1952, Tallinn) was an Estonian historian, teacher, and scholar of pedagogy.[1]
In 1905 he graduated from Riga Theological Seminary, and in 1911–13 studied at the University of Warsaw, He was a history teacher from 1917 to 1949 at Gustav Adolf Grammar School. In 1952 he became a researcher of the Tallinn Institute of History.[2]
He published several pedagogical books, as well as magazine reviews, and methodological articles, including "Eesti NSV ajaloo lugemiku I" (1960), "Psühholoogia õpperaamat pedagoogilistele koolidele" (1948), and "Ajaloo õpetamise metoodika seitsmeklassilises koolis" (1949).[3]
In 1949 he was awarded the title Honored Teacher of the Estonian SSR[4][better source needed]
- ^ Sirk, Väino (1989). Kutseharidus Eestis 1917–1920 (in Estonian). Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia. p. 137. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- ^ "Õpilased õpetajatest" (in Estonian). Gustav Adolf Grammar School. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- ^ Eesti teaduse biograafiline leksikon
- ^ Eesti teaduse biograafiline leksikon, 3. köide