II ColloquiumJESEDU-Global2021
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Experience
What will the Global Colloquium Experience look like?
Our fully online II Colloquim JESEDU-Global 2021 has been designed with the quality of the attendees’ experience foremost among the considerations. We want the experience to be truly global and productive, but at the same time engaging without being too demanding on the time and energy of the attendees.
A Colloquium attendee is expected to participate in a mix of synchronous & asynchronous online experiences described below for a total of 10 to 12 hours spread over approximately two months (from 15 May to July 16).
Pre-Colloquium Reflection and Conversations
Asynchronous Session (Self-Scheduled) – 15 May to 28 June.
Prior to the Opening Ceremony (starting 15 May 2021), attendees will already be invited to participate in the asynchronous Reflection Modules by watching the pre-recorded Keynote Addresses for the four strands and engaging in the online conversations prepared after each keynote. The Reflection Modules will be available on Educate Magis. The attendees may opt to participate in these asynchronous modules individually or in groups, depending on their preference. They may decide to undergo these modules anytime between 15 May and their scheduled Discernment Circles meeting, 1 July at the very latest.
We have a distinguished line-up of Keynote Speakers (see “Speakers” in the menu) both experts and practitioners who have been carefully selected for their experience and specialization. Our Keynote Speakers will record a 15-minute talk each, where they are expected to challenge us and to provoke us into reflecting about our mission today. These pre-recorded talks will be divided into four strands:
Strand 1
Educating for Faith
In an increasingly multi-religious and secularised world, how do we educate for faith as inclusive but distinctly Catholic schools? In what ways, can we accompany the youth so that we show them—rather than just tell them—a way to God that leads to a meaningful faith commitment and purpose in life?
The Global Pandemic has underscored every person’s fundamental need for a meaning and purpose of one’s life. How can we as Jesuit and Catholic schools help our students discover theirs?
Because “we teach who we are,” how can we educators model more “consistent” lives?
Strand 2
Educating for Depth
In an age of increasing pluralism, amidst conflicting claims to truth and easy soundbites, how do we educate for depth? In what ways can we accompany our students so that they learn to value truth and to persevere in seeking it, paying full attention to experience and engaging in careful—and even scholarly—reflection to guide their decisions?
The Global Pandemic has emphasized the need–more than ever–to think critically, to evaluate diverse and conflicting claims and sources, against the prevailing copy-and-paste culture and allergy to nuance and complexity.
How can our classrooms be conducive for deep thinking? How do we define ‘depth’ in our mission today?
Strand 3
Educating for Reconciliation
In a world of increasing polarisation and fragmentation, how do we educate for reconciliation? In what ways can we prepare our students to become agents of reconciliation, willing to walk with the excluded and to take responsibility in caring for our common home?
The Global Pandemic has shown us that we are at the mercy of our planetary home, Earth. It has also illustrated how the marginalized suffer the most and tend to be further excluded in terms of health and safety, digital access to information, etc.
How can our schools be sanctuaries of reconciliation? How do we define ‘reconciliation’ in our mission today?
Strand 4
Educating for Global Citizenship
In a world where the stranger is increasingly our neighbor, how do we educate for global citizenship? What does it mean—and what does it entail—to act as global citizens today? In what ways can we help our students imbibe a sense of interculturality: the disposition to celebrate—rather than just tolerate and without falling into a superficial relativism—the gift of human diversity and their own culture and the desire to collaborate with others in building a hope-filled future?
The Global Pandemic has shown us that whether we like it or not, we are weathering the same storm, albeit in different boats.
How can we as a global network strengthen this rediscovered sense of interconnectedness and use it to help and protect those in smaller and more vulnerable boats?
Faced with global issues and crises that demand nothing less than a global collaboration, in what ways can we guide our students to care for creation and to “walk with the marginalized”?
These pre-recorded talks will be made available to the Colloquium participants on Educate Magis as early as the 15th of May to give everyone ample time to reflect on the talks and interact with one another online through the discussion boards provided. The attendees are expected to have participated in these Reflection Modules by the time the Colloquium opens on the 28th of June.
Estimated time for all four reflection modules*: 3 to 4 hours.
*may be broken down into several time slots depending on the attendees’ preference
Opening Ceremony
Synchronous Sessions (Real-Time) – 28 June, Monday, 13:00 GMT.
The colloquium will officially open on the 28th of June (Monday) at 13:00 GMT. While the selected time is far from ideal in some parts of the world, it seems to be the best choice, all things considered.
The Colloquium participants will be welcomed officially by the Worldwide Jesuit Education Secretary, Fr. Jose Alberto Mesa SJ, who will explain the purpose of this global gathering.
The Opening and Closing Ceremonies will be the only “real-time” global events in the Colloquium where all participants are expected to gather as a global network. Fr. General, the Rev. Fr. Arturo Sosa SJ, has been invited to grace both occasions.
Estimated time: A maximum of 2 hours.
Discernment Circles
Synchronous Sessions (Real-Time) – 28 June to 2 July.
After the Opening Ceremony, every participant is expected to attend one virtual meeting as an opportunity for a smaller-group discussion with colleagues from other regions.
Each participant will be assigned to a Discernment Circle–a group of 20 to 25 participants from different regions–that will meet only once sometime during the week of the colloquium. The participants will be pre-assigned to their Discernment Circles based on language and time preferences. The purpose is to provide attendees an opportunity to exchange ideas and sentiments about the Keynotes as well as their own experiences with fellow Ignatian educators from different parts of the world. A participant will attend only one meeting to discuss all four strands.
A format based on the Spiritual Conversations will be provided, as well as Reflection Questions. A facilitator and a secretary will be assigned for every Discernment Circle, with the proper orientation given to them ahead of time. To ensure that the experience in each discernment circle will be more global, diversity will be an important criterion in forming the groups even as language and time zones will also need to be taken into consideration.
The fruits of the exchange will be synthesized and fed into the Colloquium in the Closing Ceremony.
Estimated time for the Discernment Circle: A maximum of 2 hours
Closing Ceremony
Synchronous Sessions (Real-Time) – 2 July, Friday, 13:00 GMT.
The colloquium will close on the 2nd of July (Friday) at 13:00 GMT. The collated fruits of the reflection and conversations from the Reflection Modules and Discernment Circles will be synthesized, and presented here in preparation for the Regional Conversations to be held after the Colloquium.
Estimated time: A maximum of 2 hours
Regional Conversations
Synchronous Sessions (Real-Time) – 2 July to 16 July.
After the Closing Ceremony, the Colloquium participants will gather in their regional groups for a Regional Conversation. There will be six Regional Conversations, to be held separately and to be organized and conducted by the respective ICAJE Delegates for North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa & Madagascar, South Asia, and Asia Pacific. These Regional Conversations, to be held sometime within two weeks after the Colloquium, will provide the attendees an opportunity to discuss follow-up courses of action and/or regional collaborations resulting from what has been discussed and learned in the colloquium.
Estimated time for the Regional Conversation: A maximum of 2 hours
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