Integral Pedagogy

 

Fr Norbert Menezes SJ today delivered his third talk in  two days at CAEC. This time addressing a few principals of Catholic schools and tailoring his discussion to a summary of Integral Pedagogy as a vision of what Catholic schools should have. He reiterated its value as a way in which teachers accompany learners in their growth and development. It is an art and science of teaching and cannot be reduced to methodology. And lastly that it must include a world view and a vision of the ideal human person to be educated. The two hour session also included a question and answer time frame.

Integral Pedagogy - A Way Forward

Fr Norbert Menezes,  the renown secretary of Jesuit education in South Asia conducted a workshop for civics and moral education teachers at CAEC, Highland Road today. His topic, Integral Pedagogy, is basically a teaching model that seeks to develop more integrated men and women for others. It is a process whereby a teacher accompanies the students in their intellectual, spiritual and emotional development.
Fr Menezes took the extra step of arriving in Singapore a few days early to familiarise himself with various classroom situations. He also visited local families to be more acquainted with the local conditions.
The session will be for a day and a half with the concluding session tomorrow.
Picture shows Fr Menezes addressing the thirty five educators at a group discussion.

Chaplaincy Team Communio

St. Anthony's Cannossian Secondary School in Bedok played host to the first "Communio" session of the year on the 26th of February. Entitled "Practices in Catholic Schools/ Chaplaincy Team", it sought to give greater insight to the concept of Chapliancy teams in Singapore Catholic schools.
It was a lively three hour session and was delivered by Ms. Daisy Tan from the host school, Ms Soh Lai Leng & Sr Assunta Cheng, FMM from Holy Innocents' High School and Friar Michael D’Cruz OFM from St Joseph's Institution. A total of 58 educators coming from a cross section of Catholic schools attended the dialogue session which ended with a synthesis by Fr Norbert Menezes, SJ.

Enhancing CMECS - CHIJ St Nicholas

In the second of the series, Enhancing CMECS, 16 teachers attended a workshop on the 23rd of February.
The CMECS or Civics and Moral Education for Catholic Schools, was hosted by CHIJ St. Nicholas. The programme for the day included talks, group discussion, role play and a question and answer session. The purpose was to explain the lesson plans that the secondary school is trialling out.  It was facilitated by ACCS executive director Wendy Louis and project director (Secondary) Jeanette Atabelo. 
The feedback received was encouraging as participants felt the lesson plans were detailed and helpful.

Who is the Learner

CHIJ Katong Convent played host to a workshop led by Fr. David Garcia OP today. A total of 15 teachers from Assumption English School, St Patricks, St Joseph's Institution Independent and CHIJ Katong Convent attended the two hour workshop.
The session examined the person of the learner who is at the heart of the teaching - learning process. It was aimed at the Civics and Moral Education teachers as well as those involved in RE, religious education.