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LBV`s pedagogical proposal

Suelí Periotto

The educator Paiva Netto named his pedagogic proposal under two nomenclatures directed at distinct age groups. The importance of employing two terminologies is justified by the building of intellectual knowledge bonded to values and feelings according to peculiar needs, aspirations and possibilities with special care towards each age group.

Pedagogy of Affection

  • Foto: Clayton Ferreira
  • The LBV provides education of quality for hundreds of students in São Paulo/SP (Brazil).
  • The LBV provides education of quality for hundreds of students in São Paulo/SP (Brazil).
Pedagogy of Affection will be referenced to when we speak of the activities conducted with children until the age of 10, considering the shocking impact of current reality in which aggressiveness (in the form of body/sexual and emotional violence) has taken its high toll of victims. It is appropriate to emphasize that feelings must accompany the intellectual development of the little ones so that care and affection are not restricted only to the good treatment received within their families, but rather permeate all the environments of their lives, including the school environment where children of this age group are so vulnerable in their infant universe.

Regarding the work directed at the little ones, the educator Paiva Netto states that:

"(...) The affection that inspires our Pedagogy, taken at its supine meaning, aside from being a sentiment of high Spirits, is a political strategy equally understood in its most exalted nature in tune with Social Justice, as a survival strategy for the individual, peoples and nations. Human Beings—therefore the citizens themselves, among which are the hopeful youth—are much more than a bag of bones, tissue, nerves and blood. They love and suffer. They dream, desire, build, become frustrated and against all odds, forge ahead... They deserve, beyond mere laws, respect, so that these never constitute obscure privileges and may be carried out for the benefit of all.(...)”

Ecumenical Citizen Pedagogy

The Ecumenical Citizen Pedagogy is applied in the education of adolescents, youngsters and adults, encompassing Basic Education and the social and educational programs conducted by the Legion of Good Will (LBV). It bets on the overall educational upbringing of students, regarding them as biopsychosocial Spirits. It is based on values born of Universal Love to prepare citizens to live the Ecumenical Citizenship in the full practice of a Solidary Society, having as its icon the immortal teachings given to us by the Ecumenical Christ, in His New Commandment: "Love one another as I have loved you”.

Paiva Netto conceptualizes: "(...) Therefore, our tool to build the Ecumenical Citizen (religious or not) is something which we cannot afford to do without: a Universalist spirit whose implement is Solidarity, enlightening minds and feelings. We live in a single and vast dwelling, the Earth. If we do not walk towards understanding, where shall we live then, if the madness of selfishness and greed are not removed from our path on this Planet in these new times of globalization? A worldwide society: satisfactions or maladies in the same proportion. It’s simply a matter of mathematics. (...)”

Trasnlation: Robert Rajabally
Revision: Raquel Bertolin