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Paper Title : Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm: Reviewing the Paradigm for Multicultural Education

Authors : Prof. Vini Sebastian

Abstract  

Multicultural education involves using a set of teaching methods to orient students on different variables related to culture. This paper focusses on infusing Indian culture in the teaching learning process. The Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm is a model that seeks to create people with compassion, competence, commitment and conscience. This model is used for teaching learning in Jesuit institutions and is focused on forming men and women for others, of making a world where all people can live harmoniously. We live in a world of different languages, religions, caste, class, environmental diversity, gender diversity and such. How do we blend with each other and become more empathetic towards each other as we move on the path of progress. We cannot make people who will compete with each but people who will enable the best in others. Multicultural education in Jesuit institutions looks at multiculturalism as an asset, where students can discover their own selves and connect themselves with their roots, make learning more relevant and less stressful. The paper has analysed how the IPP could be a paradigm to infuse multicultural education in the classroom. It will help teachers to understand the significance of IPP, in the light of the National Policy of Education 2020. 

Keywords: Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm, IPP, Multicultural Education, Context, Experience, Reflection, Action, Evaluation

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Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm: Reviewing the Paradigm for Multicultural Education