Abstract

MIALHE, Jorge Luís  and  SOFFNER, Renato Kraide. Essay on the pedagogical fundamentals of the educational method of John Melchior Bosco (Don Bosco). Sér.-Estud. [online]. 2021, vol.26, n.57, pp.59-80.  Epub Oct 18, 2021. ISSN 2318-1982.  https://doi.org/10.20435/serie-estudos.v26i57.1512.

This work aimed to survey the pedagogical bases of the educational model proposed by John Melchior Bosco, better known as Don Bosco, 19th century Italian Catholic priest and founder of the Salesian Congregation. Through a literature review by authors from the Congregation itself and from primary sources (texts by Don Bosco and his collaborators), we were able to map the evolution of the principles that support the analyzed educational method and compare it to what is today called Science of Education, in an attempt to test the scientific condition of the Salesian model. We conclude that John Bosco’s educational initiative did not originally have the scientific foundations of Pedagogy as known today, but was revised by authors from the Salesian Congregation, with the purpose of introducing pedagogical indicators and criteria in order to systematize and officialize their work within principles of a formal pedagogy. What is called today “Salesian Pedagogy” is, in fact, what the Salesians followers of Don Bosco recognize as “Preventive System”.

Keywords : Don Bosco; educational method; science of education.

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