ResumenEl presente artí­culo versa sobre la caracterización que se realiza del educando y del educador considerando la condición de educabilidad de la persona en el contexto del desarrollo de la disciplina educativa, acaecida durante los siglos XVIII y XIX en Europa. El desarrollo del tema contiene en primer lugar el acápite de la educabilidad: educando y educador entérminos de abordar la definición entregada por Pestalozzi, Saussure, Lambruschini, Spencer,Carlos de Borromeo, Canónigo Silvio Antoniano y Duvergier; en segundo lugar el acápite de sistema preventivo: educabilidad, educador y educando en términos de tratar el aporte de Poullet, Dupanloup, Lacordaire, Monfat, Pavón, Champagnat, Hno. Agathón junto a San Francisco de Sales y San Juan Bosco ;y por último, conclusiones sobre el presente tema.Palabras clave: Educabilidad, educador, educando y Sistema Preventivo. TO A DESCRIPTION OF THE EDUCATOR ANDSTUDENT FROM EDUCATION: EUROPE OF CENTURYXVIII – XIXAbstractThe present article discusses the characterization of the pupil and the educator considering the educability condition of the individual in the context where the education, as a discipline, was being developed during the XVIII & XIX centuries in Europe. The first section of this article contains the concept of Educability: pupil and educator in terms of the definitionmade by Pestalozzi, Saussure, Lambruschini, Spencer, Carlos de Borromeo, Canónigo Silvio. Antoniano and Duvergier; the second section talks about the preventive system: educability,pupil and educator in terms of the contribution made by Poullet, Dupanloup, Lacordaire,Monfat, Pavón, Champagnat, Hno. Agathón with San Francisco de Sales and San Juan Bosco; and, in the final section, the conclusions of this article are presented.Key Words : Education, Educator, student, preventive system