{"id":307616,"date":"2020-11-13T03:00:10","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T02:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/eduction-a-matter-of-love\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T20:41:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T18:41:35","slug":"eduction-a-matter-of-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/eduction-a-matter-of-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Eduction, a matter of love"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Global Compact on Education, suggested by Pope Francis, invites all people to adhere to a Pact. This was discussed this \u00a0with Silvia Cataldi, a sociologist and professor, who lectures at\u00a0 La Sapienza University, Rome<\/em>. \"\"The protagonists are the ones who hope in a world of more justice, solidarity and peace. The Global<\/em> Compact on Education<\/em>, suggested by Pope Francis, speaks of youth as being, at the same time, both beneficiaries and agents in the field of education. Together with their “families, communities, schools, universities, institutions, religions and government” they are called \u201cto subscribe to a global pact on education” and to commit themselves to a more fraternal and peaceful humanity. This was discussed during the meeting entitled “Together to look beyond”, held at the Pontifical Lateran University, in Rome on October 15. In a video message, the Holy Father urged all people of good will to adhere to the Pact. Silvia Cataldi,<\/strong> sociologist and professor at La Sapienza University in Rome commented on the Pope\u2019s words In recent years we have <\/strong>noticed the youth\u2019s sturdy protagonism where important\u00a0 current affairs are concerned<\/strong>. The educational model that sees them as passive subjects seems <\/strong>to be <\/strong>obsolete…<\/strong> “Often, educational models limit themselves to think of culture as a concept. The pedagogist Paulo Freire speaks of the “banking model of education”, where knowledge can be poured or deposited as if in a container. However, this knowledge has two risks: that of remaining abstract and detached from life, and that of assuming a hierarchical vision of knowledge. With respect to this, the Pact strikes me as an educator, because it invites us to listen to the cry of the younger generations, to let ourselves be questioned by their questions. We must realize that education is a participatory path, and not a unidirectional one”. So, what does\u00a0 to educate mean?<\/strong> “The term culture stems from colere<\/em> and it means to cultivate, a verb which indicates that one needs to \u00a0dedicate time and space, by starting from\u00a0 questions and not from providing answers. But it also \u00a0means to take care, to love. This is why \u00a0I am so impressed by the Pact, because it strongly affirms\u00a0 \u00a0that “education is \u00a0above all a matter of love”. When we speak of love we think of the heart, of \u00a0feelings. But love has an eminently practical dimension, it requires hands. So, we educators do our work only if we manage to understand that education is care. Daily care is\u00a0 revolutionary because it is an \u00a0element of criticism and of transformation of the world. Hannah Arendt explains this well when she says that “Education decides whether we love the world enough because it leads to its transformation\u201d. How can we make sure \u00a0that the Pact does not remain just an appeal? <\/strong> The call to universal brotherhood – the core \u00a0of the Pact – has important implications, but to have a transforming power it must promote a change of perspective that leads one to welcome diversity and heal inequalities. The French sociologist Alain Caill\u00e9 says that “fraternity is plural”, and this means that if in the past brotherhood was only among peers, relatives, in a class or in a group, today it requires recognition of “the specificity, beauty, and uniqueness” of each one. \u00a0Moreover, if we are all brothers, then our way of conceiving reality changes, because we look at it from a specific perspective, which is that of the least ones, and we are pushed \u00a0to act, as for example, to protect the fundamental rights of children, women, the elderly, the disabled and the oppressed”. <\/p>\n

Claudia Di Lorenzi<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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