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The Principles of Ignatian Pedagogy, Standards for Teacher Competence in Educational Assessment of Students, and a promise for Portable Professional Development

Jennifer J. Fager, Ph.D., Associate Dean of the College of Professional Sciences
Mentor: Gillian Ahlgren, Ph.D. (Theology)

Introduction

When I first encountered the term pedagogy I was a beginning teacher. Pedagogy, with Greek and Latin origins was posited as a term related to the intellectualization of teaching and learning. In subsequent study, I examined ideas presented by many theorists (e.g. Bloom, Dewey, Mann, Freire, Giroux, etc.), however, not one of these theorists mentioned ideas related to religious traditions let alone a mention of Ignatian pedagogy (See The Ignatian Pedagogical Model below). Ignatian pedagogy? Who knew?!

This project, my Ignatian Pedagogical Examination of the Assessment of Students will include an investigation on how to "integrate novel teaching methods and technologies" into the professional development of teachers and other educational leaders. Thus, the focus of this work will be on integrating the Ignatian Pedagogical Model outlined by Peter-Hans Kolvenback, S.J. and adapt this model to introduce or reinforce the ideas of educational assessment to teachers as identified in the Standards for Teacher Competence in Educational Assessment of Students. In addition, the pedagogical organizer serves as the foundation on which to build a professional development model using IPOD touch technology.

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