Ignatian Pedagogy: Experience

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Experience

Here are some ideas from Seattle University faculty for inspiring students to fully experience course concepts and to internalize the material so that learning goes beyond an intellectual exercise.

“I usually provide an example, case study or illustration of a topic. Then I ask students to provide their own illustrations of the topic from personal experience.”
“I ask groups to discuss the practical implications of the readings by viewing it from an alternate perspective and writing about how their imagined personas would be impacted by the ideas put forth in the readings.”
“I like to introduce some form of civic participation into each course such as writing letters to public figures or creating blog posts so that students can directly experience public dialogue.”