How has Don Bosco’s Preventive System been transformed, 150 years after Don Bosco, across different contexts around the world? Which values, practices, and forms of language keep its original intuition alive, and how is it expressed within diverse cultures and societies? From these questions arises the international project “Rethinking Salesian Education” (2025–2027), promoted by the Pontifical Salesian University and the Pontifical Faculty of Educational Sciences Auxilium, in close collaboration with the General Councils of the SDB and FMA. The project aims to reinterpret and revitalize Salesian pedagogical thought at the level of the Salesian Family, in light of the processes of intercultural and late-modern transformation that characterize contemporary society.
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Within the research project , the volume presents the volume Salesian education and pedagogical trends of the third millennium was published. It summarizes the proceedings of the first seminar on the Salesian educational experience held on June 21st 2025 at the Pontifical Salesian University in Rome. Contributions from international scholars offered criteria to connect Salesian education and contemporary research: character education, pro-social and civic education, psychological approaches, competency-based pedagogy, and digital pedagogy.
A part of the book available to download highlights the work of the continental reflection groups, which function as key spaces for interpretation and dialogue. These groups brought together educators and scholars from different regions of the world, allowing local cultural experiences, social challenges, and educational practices to shape the rereading of Salesian education.
