Transformative teaching in Don Lorenzo Milani and Dun Gorg Preca

Abstract

Throughout the ages education has been perceived as a tool which caters for the lack of knowledge and culture of people. Many sought out to expand education for every one, faithful in the value of equality. This positive aspect was crucial but was not spared from unexpected oppressing consequences. The educational situation became an issue as these oppressing consequences and positive values of education were unequally distributed between different classes (strata) of people. The poor and weak having most of the oppressing consequences. Great educators were those people who managed to cater for this imbalance in education by exulting those considered weak, poor, peasant, shy and demanding to their rightful place. Focusing on how to remould the idealised educational model to their needs. Dun Ġorġ Preca and Don Lorenzo Milani were two of these great educators who sought out to remould the educational model and bringing a balance of knowledge, culture and learning attitudes within the imbalance of economic and social classes. Within their correlation they promoted continuous and relevant education; the importance of communicating clearly and effectively; the need to serve and a flattening out of all senses of superiority.