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THINKING WELL IN THE DIGITAL AGE: LEARNING BY REFRACTION Podcast (from the Irish Jesuits)

Listen to this podcast on LEARNING BY REFRACTION, where Fr. Johnny Go, one of the authors, was interviewed by Pat Coyle of Jesuit Communications, Ireland. Fr Johnny Go SJ, a Jesuit educationalist from the Philippines, was in Ireland recently to give a three-day workshop to the teachers and staff of Jesuit schools both from the Province and from abroad. The event was organised by the Education office in the Irish Jesuit Curia.

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LEARNING BY REFRACTION GOES TO AUSTRALIA

This article is authored by Ms. Jennie Hickey, the Executive Officer of Jesuit Education Australia.

The Key Leaders of Learning and the Ignatian Coordinators from Jesuit and Companion Schools Australia were engaged in a four-day workshop entitled “Learning by Refraction: A Practitioner’s Guide to 21st Century Ignatian Pedagogy.” The workshop was held at St. Peter Canisius House, Pymble, Australia from the 23rd to the 27th of February 2020.

A total of 32 participants attended the workshop, representing Australia’s ten Jesuit and Companion Schools.
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JESUIT EDUCATION SECRETARY MEETS WITH PHILIPPINE SCHOOL HEADS & PRINCIPALS

On December 9, 2019, the administrators of Jesuit schools in the Philippines congregated in the Loft, Arete on the Ateneo de Manila campus for a very special JBEC meeting. Their special speaker for the day was no other than Fr. Jose Alberto Mesa SJ, the Society of Jesus’ Secretary for Secondary and Pre-secondary Education. Fr. Mesa spent the day with them sharing his thoughts on the new Jesuit education document, “Jesuit Schools: A Living Tradition” and on the notion of leadership in Jesuit schools.

Fr. Jose Mesa SJ with Frs. Mike Pineda SJ, Johnny Go SJ, and Manny Perez SJ after the school-wide Mass on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception in Ateneo de Davao Grade School and High School
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GEARING UP FOR THE GLOBAL COLLOQUIUM IN JOGJAKARTA IN 2020

II COLLOQUIUM JESEDU JOGJA2020 is just a few months away: June 29 to July 4 next year! Only the second global gathering of its kind, approximately 500 educators and leaders of Jesuit schools from around the world are expected to fly to Jogjakarta for a unique experience: To wrestle with 21st-century issues in teaching and forming our students especially in light of the four Universal Apostolic Preferences.

Presenting the Indonesian team behind all the preparation (from L to R):
Vic Sendy (Staff), Fr. Baskoro Poedjinoegroho SJ (Jogja 2020 Chair),
Himawan Santanu (St. Aloysius, Jakarta), Makarius Pamungkas (Canisius, Jakarta),
Widi Nugroho (Jogja 2020 Director from de Britto, Jogjakarta),
Fr. Gerardus Hadian Panamokta (St. Aloysius, Jakarta),
and Fr. Alexander Koko Siswijayanto SJ (Canisius, Jakarta).
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IGNATIAN TEACHERS PROGRAM (ITP) 2019!

The following reflection was written by Fr. Clement Tsui SJ, the education delegate of the Chinese Province.

The Ignatian Teachers Program (ITP) was held on 11-15 November 2019 at St. Ignatius’ College, Riverview in Sydney, Australia. There were eighteen participants from the following: the Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, Macau, and Hong Kong. Most of them were experienced teachers, with a few school directors, administrators, and school chaplains.

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CONGRATULATIONS, BATCH 2 OF THE PRINCIPLE AND FOUNDATION OF JESUIT EDUCATION WORKSHOP!

On the morning of the 19th of September 2019, the Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu Junior and Senior High Schools opened their doors to welcome fifty Ignatian educators from Asia Pacific into their classrooms. These Ignatian educators were participants in the 2nd JCAP Workshop on the PRINCIPLE AND FOUNDATION OF JESUIT EDUCATION, coming from seven regions: East Timor, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Macau, Taiwan, Pakistan, and the Philippines.

Students and faculty of Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu led by its President, Fr. Manny Uy SJ, welcome the delegates on the first day of the workshop in full regalia.
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IGNATIAN TEACHER’S PROGRAM

The international participants of ITP back in 2017

The Ignatian Teachers Program (ITP) is the last workshop offered by the JCAP Education Secretariat in cooperation with St. Ignatius College (Riverview, Australia). The conference is customized for principals, deputies, administrators, and senior teachers who seek ongoing formation for themselves and their school communities.

This year’s ITP will be held in Sydney, Australia from November 10 to 16, 2019. Participants are expected to arrive on the 10th and may leave on the 16th.

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