The entire staff of St. Dominic
Savio’s Andheri was present this morning for a whole day’s program on the ‘Don
Bosco Way’. For our resource person we had Dr. Fr. Peter Gonsalves sdb who has
compiled a book entitled DB Way, highlighting the Educational Method of St.
John Bosco, The Preventive System! Fr. Crispino the Principal introduced Dr.
Gonsalves to the entire staff before the sessions began.
Dr. Fr. Peter Gonsalves is
presently in the province of his origin going around the schools of the province
enlightening the teachers on the system of Don Bosco. It was indeed a beautiful
day with very interactive sessions and discussions on the methods that were
present since ancient times, the Repressive system. He said that this method is
still used in many places.
Dr. Peter Gonsalves spoke about
the System of Don Bosco which is a combination of the Preventive and the
Expressive systems. Don Bosco had a blend of these systems getting the young to
live life fully and be able to express themselves without any fear, force or
intimidation.
The discussions of the teachers
were very lively and full of examples of how at times the repressive system has
been used at various times in their own lives. How the preventive system is a
much better and needed method for today’s society.
They did also express their
difficulties in using these methods of prevention and expressions in big
classrooms of 60 and over students. However all were in agreement that the best
method would be the combination of the Preventive and the Expressive methods.
Dr. Gonsalves used a number of
clippings from the movie ‘Taare zameen par’ and ‘Stanley ka dabba’ drawing
lessons from some teachers who used the preventive system of education.
Ms. Arlene at the end of the day
gave the vote of thanks in appreciation for the time and lessons taught to us
during the entire day.
All that is now left is for us as
educators to put into practice this beautiful Educational Method of St. John
Bosco, called the Preventive System.
May we allow the children to be
able to Express themselves and live life fully.
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