Educate with Purpose: Think, Feel and Act to Transform Lives

Caracas, May 20, 2025 – The 2025 Pedagogical Reflection Day, themed “Educate with Purpose: Think, Feel and Act to Transform Lives,” drew a massive audience and was successfully hosted at the Centro Cultural Chacao.

Organized by Provive, this conference serves as its annual offering to educators in Caracas who implement the Aprendiendo a Querer educational program in schools and colleges. Partnering with Chacao Mayor’s Office Education Director and with the generous support of the Chacao Cultural Center’s venue, the event was a tribute to these educators dedicated to transmitting the experience of values.

Conceived as a space for introspection and learning, the initiative sought to explore the essential dimensions of a purposeful education, focused on the materialization of ideals in concrete actions (acting), empathic connection and emotional intelligence (feeling), and conscious reflection (thinking). “We firmly believe that by integrating these three dimensions of the human person into our pedagogical practice, we can transcend the transmission of knowledge and become true agents of transforming lives,” said Deborah Freitas, general manager of Provive and host of the event, acknowledging the impressive attendance.

The guest speakers were: Amanda de Mendoza, specialist in Child Development, Parenting and Early Stimulation (@soy.mama.maestra); Claudia Álvarez, IESA professor in the area of Leadership (@claudia.alvarez2020); and Manuel García, president of the Institute of Logotherapy of Venezuela (@logoterapiavzla).

Inspiring Presentations: Highlights of the Day

The morning featured outstanding speakers who shared their vision on purposeful education, enriching the day with their insights and unique perspectives.

Amanda de Mendoza opened the day with her presentation “The importance of the first years in development”. highlighted six fundamental pillars for the first seven years of life, including brain development and affective bonding, shared essential tools for teachers to use in their classrooms, focusing on conviction, questioning methods and emotional management.

Claudia Álvarez presented “Learning to Think: the challenge of meaningful education”. She stressed the importance of integrating thinking as an educational strategy, explaining how the brain processes information (Interpretation-Action-Result) and arguing that teaching thinking is essential to “cultivate innovative citizen leaders”.

Manuel García, (@logoterapiavzla), distinguished psychologist, theologian, and president of the Venezuelan Institute of Logotherapy, presented “Educating with Meaning: The Teacher as a Beacon in the Search for Purpose.” García emphasized that true education lies in guiding students to discover what is valuable and to cultivate their decision-making abilities, with the teacher serving as a “beacon that guides and illuminates.”.

Collaboration and Commitment to Education

This significant event was possible thanks to the alliance with Chacao Mayor’s Office Education Director, the logistical support of the Chacao Cultural Center and the sponsorship of Casa Roux, Café Alcatraz, Ron Santa Teresa, Yogures Martha ́ s, Kuipper ́ s Delicias Gourmet, Simplemente Café and List Art Creative Details.

The massive attendance of teachers demonstrated their firm commitment to an education that goes beyond academics, focusing on the integral transformation of students’ lives. Deborah Freitas concluded the day by reaffirming this commitment: “These shared reflections inspire us to continue cultivating an education with purpose, where critical thinking, empathetic feeling and conscious action are the pillars of the teacher’s daily work to continue together creating stories that change lives!”