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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.
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GO TO THE ‘SUPERMARKET OF EDUCATION’: LEARNING BY REFRACTION GOES TO EUROPE
On February 3rd to 6th, 2020, over 30 educators from nine European countries attended a four-day Conference on “Learning by Refraction,” a 21st-century approach to Ignatian Pedagogy proposed in a book of the same title by Fr. Johnny Go SJ and Ms. Rita Atienza of the Ateneo SALT Institute in Manila. (Listen to an interview with Fr Go about the topic.)
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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.
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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.
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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JESUIT SCHOOLS IN ASIA PACIFIC
As of 2019, there are 46 Jesuit-owned and affiliate schools in Asia Pacific: Australia, Cambodia, East Timor, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Taiwan, and the Philippines.
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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.
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FIRST JCAP TEACHER VOLUNTEER MISSIONED TO CAMBODIA
In a simple but moving ceremony held on the Feast of Mary the Queen, at a Mass in Xavier School, Philippines, Fr. Ari Dy, SJ, presided and missioned Ms. Ma. Kristina Velez to teach English at the Xavier Jesuit School in Sisophon, Cambodia, where she will serve for one year.
