ABSTRACT
This chapter contextualizes Ignatian pedagogy within the scholarship of teaching and learning. It examines the history of Jesuit education, and looks primarily at the Spiritual Exercises. Students engaged in this signature Ignatian pedagogy enter into a process of learning to be more attentive to their own experiences. If we seek the foundation of a distinctively Ignatian pedagogy for the twenty-first century, we must grapple with the fact that it must be grounded in the Jesuit commitment to a life centered in God. The chapter begins by questioning the degree to which a signature pedagogy grounded in a program of religious formation can be adapted for use in contemporary, secular classrooms. To grapple with that question, it unpacks the five key terms in the Ignatian pedagogical paradigm—context, experience, reflection, action, and evaluation—and describes how they can engage students in deep learning across the curriculum.
