Jesuit Education at the Crossroads

Discussions on Contemporary Jesuit Primary and Secondary Schools in North and Latin America

Juan Cristóbal Garcia-Huidobro

• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Year: 2021
• eBook ISBN: 9781978794924
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Comparative Education

The Jesuit educational tradition has existed for more than 450 years, and today, there are more than 150 Jesuit primary and secondary schools in North and Latin America. Jesuit Education at the Crossroads tackles the lack of research on these schools by bringing together scattered studies and asking experts on the issues about the current challenges for Jesuit education. The landscape pictured by this collection of essays suggests that Jesuit primary and secondary education is at a historical moment, analogous to a crossroads. After a crisis between the 1960s and '80s, these schools were consolidated, establishing themselves in national and international networks. But the twenty-first century has brought new challenges. For instance, the secularization of culture is demanding an update of the Jesuit educational project; leadership is rapidly shifting from Jesuits to lay men and women, with multiple issues at stake; and researchers and policymakers are asking new questions about the role of these schools and school networks for equity and inclusion in each region. The book touches on these and other points that will be very relevant for all who are interested in the Jesuit educational tradition.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Jesuit Education at the Crossroads: An Introduction to the 23 Texts
• The Recent Past of Jesuit Education in the Americas
• Chapter 1: The Oaxtepec Document
• Chapter 2: The Christian Formation of Jesuit High School Students
• Commentary on Chapters 1 and 2: Religious and Social Formation in the Mid-Twentieth Century—Insufficiencies and Overcoming
• Chapter 3: Jesuit Education for Justice: The Colegio in El Salvador, 1968–1984
• Chapter 4: Closure of the Instituto Patria in Mexico: An Emblematic Case of the Change in the Jesuit Educational Apostolate ⤀
• Commentary on Chapters 3 and 4: Two Ways of Tackling a School’s Complicity with Structural Injustices
• Commentary on Chapters 3 and 4: Lack of Dialogue and Overvaluation of the Jesuit Influence in the Mexican Case of the Closure of the Instituto Patria
• Chapter 5: A New Ratio for a New Millennium?
• Chapter 6: The Ratio Studiorum Today in Latin America: Its Update and Its Challenges
• Commentary on Chapters 5 and 6: Forget the Ratio Studiorum or Recover Its Genius?
• The Present of Jesuit Education in the Americas
• Chapter 7: Teaching in Jesuit Schools from 1950 to 2017: Changes in Composition and Meaning
• Chapter 8: Education of the Whole Person in an Increasingly Competitive and Secular Context: Two Decades of Professionalization and Searching at Colegio San Ignacio El Bosque
• Commentary on Chapters 7 and 8: Challenges of the Jesuit Abandonment of Classrooms and the Curriculum
• Commentary on Chapters 7 and 8: Curricular Tensions and Possibilities in Times of Neoliberalism
• Chapter 9: Exploring Mission, Inclusion, and Formation of Lay Educators: Recent Research on Traditional Jesuit Secondary Schools in North America
• Chapter 10: Networked School Improvement: The Latin American Jesuit Schools’ System for Quality Management
• Commentary on Chapters 9 and 10: If It Rains in the North, the South Does Not Escape It—Research on Jesuit Education in Latin America
• Commentary on Chapters 9 and 10: Prospects for Jesuit Education in a Secular Age
• Chapter 11: The Cristo Rey Jesuit Model and Social Justice: Dialectic Tensions of Mission and Brand in U.S. Jesuit Education
• Chapter 12: Educating for Poverty Relief: The Case of Fe y Alegria
• Commentary on Chapters 11 and 12: Reflections on Cristo Rey and Fe y Alegría—Two Educational Models Conceived to Alleviate Poverty and Bring about Social Justice
• Commentary on Chapters 11 and 12: Jesuit Education in the Americas Up for Reinvention—Internal Dilemmas and Broader Lessons for the Future of Learning
• Index
• About the Contributors