1.  DYNAMICS
OF THE IGNATIAN PEDAGOGICAL PARADIGM

 

A
comprehensive ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm must consider the context of
learning as well as the more explicitly pedagogical process. In addition, it
should point to wasy to encourage openness to growth even after the student has
completed any individual learning cycle, Thus five steps are involved: CONTEXT; EXPERIENCE; REFLECTION; ACTION;
EVALUATION.

CONTEXT OF LEARNING. Teachers, as well as members of the school
community, therefore, should take account of:

a.)         
the real
context of a student’s life which includes family, peers, social situations,
the educational institution itself, politics, economies, cultural climate, the
ecclesial situation, media, music and other realities. All of these have an
impact on the student for better or worse.  

b.)         
the
socio-economic, political and cultural context within which a student grows can
seriously affect his or her growth as a person for others.

c.)         
the
institutional environment of the school or learning center…A Jesuit school is
to be a face-to-face faith community of learners in which an authentic personal
relationship between teachers and students may flourish. Without such a
relation much of the unique force of our education would be lost. For an
authentic relationship of trust and friendship between teacher and student is
an indispensable dispositive condition for any growth in commitment to
values. 

d.)         
what
previously acquired concepts students bring with them to the start of the
learning process. Their points of view and the insights that they may have
acquired from earlier study or picked up spontaneously from their cultural
environment, as well as their feelings, attitudes, and values regarding the
subject matter to be studied from part of the real context for learning. 

No. 32 –
41, pp 14-17, IGNATIAN PEDAGOGY, A Practical Approach

 

2.  
Activities and Events  

 

9 Oct, Mon	7:00 AM	Morning Assembly Sponsor:  Grade 10 –  Pongracz    Awarding of Anti-bullying Video Campaign
10 Oct, Tues		YSEP Duty – 10 –Claver   2nd Qtr Test Draft to Press AMT Meeting on Budget Proposal
11 Oct, Wed	7: 00 AM	MASS – Sponsor Grade 10 – Claver (Mrs. Vesagas)
		YSEP Duty – 10-Regis
12 Oct Thurs	Holiday	Fiesta in honor of Nuestra Señora La Virgen del Pilar

 

 

13 Oct, Fri	7:00 AM	MASS – Sponsor Grade 10 – De Brito (Bro. Glenn)   YSEP Duty – 10-Arrowsmith
	2:45 PM	Faculty and Staff Meeting @ AVR 1
		Submission of Budget Proposal to AP Admin & Finance
14 Oct, Sat	8:00 AM – 12:00 NN	Parent-Teacher Conference (PTC)

 

3.   FACULTY
& STAFF UPDATES

a.          
Fr. Arnel T. Ong, SJ will be in Manila on October 11-13 for a
Conference in Pasay City. Mrs. Evelyn
Bugayong will be the 
Officer-in-charge (O.I.C). She is allowed to sign documents on my
behalf. Fr. Principal will resume office
on October 14.

b.          
All Faculty are expected to be present on Oct
14 for the Parent-Teacher Conference. 

 

4.   Points
to Ponder

I DON’T
KNOW THE SECRET TO SUCCESS BUT THE KEY TO FAILURE IS TO TRY TO PLEASE EVERYONE

       

A young man once studied violin under a world-renowned violinist and
master teacher. He worked hard for several years at perfecting his talent, and
the day finally came when he was called upon to give his first major public
recital in the large city where both he and his teacher lived. Following each
selection, which he performed with great skill and passion, the performer
seemed uneasy about the great applause he received. Even though he knew that
those in the audience were musically astute and not likely to give such
applause to less than superior performance, the young man acted almost as if he
couldn’t hear the appreciation that was being showered upon him. 

At the close of the last number, the applause was thunderous and
numerous ‘Bravo’s’ were shouted. The talented young violinist has his eyes
glued, however, on only one spot. Finally, when an elderly man in the first row
of the balcony smiled and nodded to him in approval, the young man relaxed and
beamed with both relief and joy. His teacher had praised his work! The applause
of thousands meant nothing until he had first won the approval of the master.

 

Who is that you are trying to please most today?

 

Am I now trying to win the approval of man or of God? (Galatians
1:10a)

 

-God’s Little Devotional Book for Students

FR. ARNEL T. ONG, SJ