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The Salesian Preventive System is the educational method of the Salesians, built upon the pedagogical experience of Saint John Bosco with poor children in 19th-century Turin. It is based on three pillars namely—reason, religion, and lovingkindness which is opposed to school punishment , or what Don Bosco refers to as the repressive system of ...
He developed teaching methods based on love rather than punishment, a method that became known as the Salesian Preventive System. [ 7 ] A follower of the spirituality and philosophy of Francis de Sales , Bosco was an ardent devotee of the Virgin Mary under the title Mary Help of Christians .
The figure at the center of a Salesian school is Saint John Bosco or Don Bosco, who is also known as "Father, teacher, and friend of the youth." Don Bosco was a 19th-century visionary from Italy who created a system of education for boys and girls from marginalized areas of society. For Don Bosco, "Prevention" meant helping a youth before he or ...
John Bosco, founder of the Society of St. Francis de Sales in 1859. In 1845 Don John Bosco ("Don" being a traditional Italian honorific for priest) opened a night school for boys in Valdocco, now part of the municipality of Turin in Italy. In the following years, he opened several more schools, and in 1857 drew up a set of rules for his helpers.
Giovanni Melchior Bosco (August 16, 1815 – January 31, 1888), commonly called Don Bosco was an Italian Catholic priest, educator and recognized pedagogue, who put in practice the dogma of his religion, employing teaching methods based on love rather than punishment. He placed his works under the protection of Francis de Sales; thus his ...
St. John Bosco's $7.2-million football stadium opened in 2018. (Eric Sondheimer / Los Angeles Times) St. John Bosco, which has been a national power in high school sports, has been making ...
Freshman quarterback Koa Malau'ulu puts on a show in the second half, connecting on 20 of 22 passes in St. John Bosco's 28-24 win over Orange Lutheran.
Calasanz was the first educator to advocate the preventive method: it is better to anticipate mischievous behaviour than to punish it. This method was later developed by John Bosco, the founder of the Salesian schools. In terms of discipline, and contrary to the prevailing philosophy of his own and subsequent eras, Calasanz favored the mildest ...