Published: 2016-11-12

EDUCATING THE RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ST. JOHN BOSCO’S PREVENTIVE SYSTEM

Stanisław Chrobak
Pedagogical Forum
Section: Articles and essays
https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2011.1.05

Abstract

John Bosco saw education in the broad context of the family, society, Church and state. He was convinced that an educational climate devoid of elements of religion could not favour the young person’s overall development. Combined with the requirements of “reason”, the requirements of the “heart” (educational love) and “religion” are interwoven in an inimitable and unique whole. Educational presence in the social dimension – in the words of John Bosco – is to strive for the formation of “honest citizens and good Christians”, i.e. creative, active, responsible people who are conscious of their dignity, with life plans, open to transcendence, to others, and to God. Thus, the design for his upbringing contains no contradiction between being a citizen and being a Christian, because the engaged Christians is – or should be – a good, responsible and honest citizen.

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Chrobak, S. (2016). EDUCATING THE RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ST. JOHN BOSCO’S PREVENTIVE SYSTEM. Pedagogical Forum, 1(1), 81–97. https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2011.1.05

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