ALL THINGS IGNATIAN IN EDUCATION

by Cris Gilbert Garcia, Ateneo Confucius Institute

Fr. Johnny Go, SJ introduced the Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm (IPP) to teachers of the Confucius Institute at the Ateneo de Manila University (CI-ADMU) on 1 July 2023. The talk by the Dean of the Gokongwei Brothers School of Education and Learning Design (GBSEALD) opened CI-ADMU’s first face-to-face faculty meeting in four years. It was attended by 20 CI-ADMU teachers, including CI Director Dr. Ellen Palanca and Chinese Director Dr. Cynthia Liang.

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By Russell Fiorella, Jennie Kuenz & Greg Allen
(Jesuit High School – Portland, OR, USA) 

Physics teaches us that refraction happens when light approaches a different medium from a new angle. In the case of light approaching a prism, the result is a beautiful spectrum of visible light. This phenomenon mirrors the transformation that occurs within a student when learning. Rather than bouncing content back at their teacher or allowing content to travel through them, a learner takes hold of the content and bends it, changes it, wrestles with it, pulls it apart, puts it back together in a new way and makes it their own. 

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Jesuit Education Australia (JEA) held two Learning by Refraction training workshops in March of 2023–one hosted by St. Ignatius’ College in Adelaide from 15 March to 18, and the second one by Xavier College Kew from 22 March to 25.

The two Trainers’ Training Labs were facilitated by Fr. Johnny C. Go SJ and Rita Atienza, co-authors of the book Learning by Refraction:  A Practitioner’s Guide to 21^st Century Ignatian Pedagogy.

The workshops gathered a total of 35 educators: 13 in Adelaide and 22 in Melbourne. 

Eight Australian schools were represented in the two workshops: St. Aloysius ‘ College (Sydney); St. Ignatius’ College Riverview (Sydney); St. Ignatius’ College (Adelaide); St. Ignatius’ College (Geelong); Xavier Catholic College (Ballina); Loyola College, Watsonia (Melbourne); Redfern Jarjum College (Sydney), and Xavier College (Melbourne). 

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Finally, the long-planned Learning by Refraction/Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm (IPP) Trainers’ Training Workshop organized by Jesuit European Committee for Primary and Secondary Education (JECSE) was held from October 3 to 7, 2022 in El Campello, Alicante, Spain. Coming from 17 countries in Europe, Latin America, and Read more…

An updated approach to Ignatian Pedagogy was introduced on the 25th anniversary of the publication of Ignatian Pedagogy: A Practical Approach. GBSEALD Founding Dean Fr. Johnny Go SJ and ATC Director Rita J. Atienza collaborated on a workbook intriguingly called Learning by Refraction: A Practitioners’ Guide to 21st-Century Ignatian Pedagogy.

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Note: Under the leadership of its Principal, David O’Sulllivan, Coláiste Iognáid in Galway held a staff training day focused on Ignatian Pedagogy on 19 November 2020. This reflection is written by Linda O’Hara, one of the lead teachers there.

Our Ignatian Pedagogy training day consisted of three distinct parts: an address and Q & A with a guest speaker, staff discussions in smaller groups and subject department group meetings. The day closed with a whole-staff plenary session. 

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