The author of the essay noted how in France Don Bosco is not mentioned (except for the French Salesian Desramaut who conducted in-depth studies on the Saint) among the great names of those who made the history of pedagogy. The young people Don Bosco helped were poor and abandoned, misfits. The Preventive System approach that contrasted the repressive system used in those days, undoubtedly revolutionized the field of education.
SUMMERY
- 1. The reasons for an omission
- 2. Why Don Bosco opted for education
- 3. An original element in his choice of education
- 4. Don Bosco the “educationalist”
Reference time period: 1841 – 1855
G. Avanzini, Don Bosco’s pedagogy in the context of the 19th century, in Don Bosco’s place in history, edited by Patrick Egan and Mario Midali, LAS, Roma 1993, 297-305.
Reference institution:
Centro Studi Don Bosco