The first semester of 2017 was marked by three workshops that highlight the three-fold strategic focus of the Ateneo SALT Institute: teacher training, education research, and education technology.
Last October 30, Rita Atienza led a workshop on Who is “doing the learning” in my classroom?, where she engaged instructors and professors from the Loyola Schools and the Ateneo Professional Schools on how they practice student-centered learning.
Atienza, who is SALT’s coordinator for teacher training, connected the concept of learner-centeredness with the Ignatian pedagogical paradigm, and the participants discussed how they can incorporate the workshop’s insights into their own classrooms.
On November 20, the Ateneo SALT Insititute with the Ateneo de Manila University Press organized a textbook writing seminar at the Faura Hall AVR. ADMU Press director Karina Bolasco discussed the process for writing a textbook with the university press.
She also gave helpful tips for the writing of the book manuscript, particularly how to engage with millenial readers.
Just a week after, on November 27, Galvin Ngo led a workshop and conversation on Flipped Learning with SALT director Fr. Johnny Go starting the discussion with ideas on student-centered learning.
Ngo, the institute’s coordinator for education technology, also introduced online programs and platforms that can help facilitate students’ learning.
The highlight of the workshop at the CTC Global Classroom is the Skype call with Adam Lolande, SJ, a Canadian Jesuit scholastic who helped introduce the concept of flipped learning with the participants.
All three workshops were also co-presented with the Loyola Schools’ Teacher Formation Institute.